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  2. ukswrath's helmet electronics

    in Electronics for Helmets / Blasters

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    LOL! Ok, let's break this down. You're looking at a very ugly before photo that shows all the raw electronics exposed and versus a final finished form after everything is cleanly loomed and mounted.

     

    First and foremost, yes, the whole helmet is lined with vertical 1/4" strips of neoprene versus just painting it all black or rubberizing it or whatnot. It gives it a more comfortable thermal finish in my perspective.

     

    So at the bottom you see a custom switch box controlling the three powered subsystems: (1) 1.5V powered condenser mic; (2) 7.5V powered icomm/aker amplifier speakers; (3) 12.0V fan system, as well as mounting the external speakers that are housed within the hovi tips mounted onto it.

     

    I stuck the fans at the base of the helmet with velcro, I can reposition them as necessary but they currently blow air in from the outside bottom directed inwards towards my nose for the mostpart which I find very helpful.

     

    At the top, over my head, I put nearly everything else. You see the three physical power sources (1.5V, 7.5V, and 12.0V... all as rechargeable banks). Up top I mounted the iComm unit with the Aker amp and the 7.5V rail battery bank, the microphone and it's 1.5V rail battery bank, and the 12V fan rail battery bank.

     

    Sure, it's a heck of a lot of electronics but putting it all into the helmet is a neat thing and the final finish makes it all look seamless and hidden, you wouldn't know that all of this is embedded in the helmet without this discussion. That is where I find the before/after photo quite interesting. Would you have any idea of what all was embedded in this bucket without that before photo? Probably not, and it gives you a good idea of what all is actually hidden inside it.

    Where did you get the junction switch box? That really looks great! I have a AM helmet with a hard hat liner installed, would love to do something like this to "make it amazing"!

     

     

    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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