R2D2 Dome Mechanism Modifications by MakerDan55

Last crawled date: 3 years, 4 months ago

Here are my modifications to Matt Zwart's Dome Mechanism for R2D2. As I build his system I will upload all of my modifications as I create them. FYI, I am using an FDM printer for the base unit and anything that pops up through the pie panels I am printing in resin.
Here is a video link of my electronics mock-up:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6nXO9jEetk
Base Unit Lower Limit Switch Mount - is for the base unit to mount the lower limit switch more securely.
Dome Mechanism Centering Jig - I made this to center the dome mechanism onto my dome plate. It fits in where the slip ring will go (my center hole is 24 mm in diameter).
Long and Short Pulley Support - These get bolted onto the motors to provide support for the end of the pulley when the belt is attached. The Long one is for the Periscope, Life Form Scanner, and Zapper motors and the Short one is for the Light Saber and Bad Motivator. I used M3 x 30 mm and M3 x 35 mm bolts to attach them.
Periscope Body with Magnet Mounts - 4 magnet mounts that use small round magnets (8 mm by 3 mm). 4 go into the holes and 4 will be epoxied to the bottom of the pie panel.
a back plate that holds 2 leds as well as a single led holder on the back left side. (These will be stand- alone, color-changing, blinking leds).
created 3 large holes in the bottom for an extension on the shafts to glue into and sit flush with the bottom of the periscope body (no screws) as well as an additional hole for the power line to go through into the Large Connector Clip.
Periscope Shafts - all 3 shafts have a hole down the center as well as a lip on top that gets pushed
into the body of the periscope.
Periscope Connector Clips - have a hole through them. The large one will carry power and the small one will have a wire just for show.
Periscope Lower Mount Riser - now has a smaller gear that matches up with a now larger gear for
the servo. This allows the periscope to rotate almost 360 degrees (I'm hoping there will be enough torque in the servo to do that).
Periscope Servo Gear - is now larger to meet up with the Lower Mount Riser gear.
Periscope Lens - I have two versions here, a .5 mm wall as well as a 1 mm wall (your preference based on the type of leds inside. This gets glued in from the inside.
Periscope Top Scanner - a holder for 7- 3mm leds to scan back and forth.
Periscope Electronics Insert - Glue this insert into the periscope body to attach the Neopixels and circuit board to.
Electronics Boards - 2 versions of this are available. One with 2 Maestros (18 and 6 channels) and one with a 24 channel Maestro.