Earth Command Centre 2

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More than a decade ago on "Elektroda" I saw a cool toy project for a child:
https://www.elektroda.pl/rtvforum/topic2515884.html
I thought it was a pity that my children are already too big for such a toy.
But time flies fast and in the meantime my grandson turned two.
And I was reminded of that project.
Most of the reasons for building and construction ideas
are almost clones of the ideas of colleague reaven22 .
I just used slightly different components for the build.

The project got the name: "Voyager expedition control centre 3"
and is generally in the spirit of an interstellar expedition,
although for now it will be used for snapping, twirling, flashing,
playing and making noise, but in time (as the child grows)
perhaps it will become some small source of inspiration....

Elements used .

Bottom of case:
Main power generator - 6V battery from UPS, its charge indicator,
main isostat to switch on and timer to de-energise after about 650 s.
Reactor control, ion fuel, core temperature, superluminal speed
- are clock elements from the Skoda Favorit.
Thruster controls - an eight-position joystick.
Message cipher - a keypad from an old phone that operates via a microcontroller
3 seven segment displays in different colours.
Interstellar communicator - this time it's a rotating telephone dial and connected LEDs.
Galaxy sounds - in this role an AVT 3295 kit strange sound generator.
Orion - AVT 795 running light.
Pleiades - AVT 729 crazy spinning light.
Full power, drive activation - coloured LEDs and button-activated buzzers.

On top of the case: .
Sound recorder - digital recorder module with ISD 1820 chip.
Teddy bear and margolcia - song player module (mp3 from micro SD card).
Space-time tunnel - AVT 3186 Knight Rider.
Space noises - AVT 789 siren.
Surveillance radar - AVT 1653 LED star.
Spectrum analyser - off-the-shelf Chinese module that responds to music and sounds.
Battery voltage - led battery voltage indicator.
Sounds of the past - J068N music box bell.
Flowers for Mum and Dad - AVT 749 random RGB LEDs.
Sound generator - 4x4 keyboard with 16x2 display and microcontroller
generating Morse code and music with Bascom SOUND instruction.
Force field - AVT 740 touchscreen siren generator.
Course co-ordinates - 8x8 matrix, LED combination manually lit by individual buttons.
Cockpit ventilation - computer fan activated by a lever from an Old 266.
Also various buzzers, lights and chimes lit by various buttons.

The whole thing was supposed to fit into a Zepter cutlery case, but it did not.
The only thing I used from this case was the hinges that prevented the top cover from falling onto the child's hands.
And I fitted all the components into a larger 'kejsika' purchased from a well-known portal.
I placed all the components on 4mm thick ABS plates.
Painted in a lighter colour, as the black was a bit too gloomy.
"A kilo" of trivets and "a kilo and a half" of glue also came in handy.
From paper design to realisation took a while,
the project itself also changed in the course of implementation, but in the end, on Children's Day, the "box"



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