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Title: "Painbot" Battle Unit - combined IR apple
Post by: johnnyvd on October 05, 2018, 07:15:54 AM

I was trying to source a "Piranha Battle Unit" for some of my builds, but it seems it is impossible to get one for a decent price here in the Netherlands.
Always there was a lot of taxes or shipping costs involved, so i decided to start designing one myselves..

It is not quite finished, but i hope some of you can help me out making some design decisions.
And, like always, i will share the design with the community when it is finished!

So, i started off with the recommended Vishay TSAL6100 and some TSOP32536 that i had lying around.
Some (4) basic 3mm red leds are used. These will be soldered together to a central connector.

The Receiver is became a three part design, bolted together:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hOEUMhFjgAhMiStu43Yf_7uZ3Vw8Q32z80YFFKHk8x9kOThyqJSz6tjnAEDz5Zg3ULo8EKoLhUVOooHXiQSLPxUeQKCJO3yrpSADrNLAuVRlDtg31nyUJBATje6GeWQNOkGxVFoVF0EWv1_VqiUGvyfaqkWePQaVohAaKU9GQlAf4ClYXlaaeAFNluiz7rKLk0YWYhqWO2yEsTvS9435uY1sIK2ne997cv56-d-kLUsjEputJhnGN9bsVcGgPxjmJtWBu8GXAzgMrokWHejHypiBa3bLV8b8Nv6i_s5fdZsrg60tpbxGWaZsSrjnRCQse_RYDqpjbTpLcmhh8IzQ8PHDH79rntLmKuFxKv8bmjBtP7rvfBqCAy1wHmq2iR1U5iDDQRtNwiYEvE74HAeSECHw_LX89Efelh1eQZlEQ1iTOAip9jtV-QgvJapYV9OddLy69ml8dOkY0VMgv9gYArTQ9yxPXNfvvwD0xyqNpRqt6JRULUGLcOb9pfP5dM5dHVkiUocUB4NMcVBZqfAK3pT81BYZQ_4H3ulZPewUYs3fy_m-W0VGOVjjOcL06r4US5GLOmOZAGm2bwhzQE-ohACLcMP6kxKJG5duQVYQ2W-U-DssoUNb4ntFzHHk3NbL9UqIFhaLNSpX6h_gnqU9Ofp-LeP_na80S8OBvuokqcSZ2ZCUJCdEsSkcVw=w1115-h561-no)

And here is the little bugger after being printed in PLA:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/00SE_bbgbTwJnjpX4ce_brc_scfzR7i7VpAXfYfTzCNyV8g3_QFb9lBuUuB_NcoHiVw_DGxk4vmwVELftvYZSiwcyoxdL_uJ38NW_Cxl4-udyQeYIL9Har4ID3rcW4aDabZjEyeBT_FIeuP6vUjHO5-iPOSflYmAd1vjRmm0m2xfXOao7iloPbMoW_ON4SJZMZAIL66fHfTXX4mgx5cH2Ik7G9PPIQkFRmepDRCCLWpopwaVwkJV5sEYrkWER-UiSFlBUumchLAQ80Ycmvt-rb-52jFWCz2XJx_sONKn-SucKL1NORzC186HdggaCpnwh9x-Hynzqv1C5J3FUdlLr0CA_ejX-cDRHesh27CbAEgx-Es_yWdDoQ-bwUm8ZZPuM6boXc4AfQOfqqDaC-SdtS63mF9SmWKn8DgObvM3IRx1zHKA5xFeTp1f8SAxfefZxCWzl9SNZWhHru0wr-qQR7L1rM2YkFMBaD_g-oBCLsv1eca6oVQsluL59_-0SdJHgQqTSDr97G3JfXXSicm2S7CJ2OedH_Hy9VEKssy1SjN_yTR2YsDrqg5LiTc6_smh6kIRhQhhSCdM7w4OqetRr2SvrR53D09As96gwtYmGdZoMa8BPT90VwyF_0L_zXXv5y37xQS8JJoDRIwEveADOmvAm9ziHjupNP_2_uQzK6AoMCB_pCW78P2Hew=w748-h561-no)

The unit is roughly the same size as the Henglong IR receiver..

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7M9YmoyeRpu0LyINoHZuUSn5DzMehwMLYNrX4-RvIlUSFjIetYhgcAP8B7HRJqhFC8p2L5TTSKu3H2uslxc2jYEOzImoXp8SgWk_wjy6oV-dBb42apDsDV8umrGtCbAsUv4IIZiIoIF2CW5diiuQz7q_02Tb--3W34fm1gifHQmwzpNAxCmsL23-OV_0rOXiFN22XrG9oxsB3SgRTD5Um34AtfsdCIuNPuuEN7edtZcWVMtu_9PtptBAyG-gR6jWwUANtKICtYNQXPQp2r9XaVo93_7OrEjKPGLi4zy52KlQ_fVt9baS_OrIrIY3cN_xujkyvtRNBM97YJaGlK6OV0hg1yujKNpAnGJHs8ntbX4VUOr5x8r2r7E39D_RlhAEjt1V1eYmjxeoybsjTNUOGDn6-MufPxLDX2WVGOFMxgtXJaB1m7rhqNz5XtuGJz1k5QZMmZSQPAfOOB2s6CTsDmKuGfbS8vig0Y_A-78i9GOqsKMDOamNWBOWiHu8hA5qKTrbW4m5fzgNmALbvcGbgzFuAU9gLgDk22stE3Gd0bqMr1RT6RaqEtuIoXTybUKIqjyUAx0xeDP5idKGNMW9G32l115INyAJVmpqnKVVOoljW32Wrpikl7irh2HFOyuqY6JJoAN3rSwuKhsnSkGUB80I8NrJ1Vjs5IQ9soqXTZrrD5vhRQICNcNcYQ=w748-h561-no)

the only thing i did not really like is the connector on the bottom.. I have a 7pin row with 2,54mm pith mounted in the bottom. Maybe it would be better to use a 7/8 pin din connector or PS/2?
Please share what you think!

Title: Re: "Painbot" Battle Unit - combined IR apple
Post by: LukeZ on October 05, 2018, 02:27:35 PM

Interesting as always. Looks like you have created the slots for 4 IR receivers, though in your photo only one is installed. I suppose a fully-equipped unit with 4 receivers and 4 notification LEDs would end up with quite a few pins coming out the bottom, >20? Could be kind of unwieldy.

You might be able to design a small PCB to slot into the case where you could solder all the components and tie the receivers and hit LEDs together, thus reducing the pin count considerably...

Title: Re: "Painbot" Battle Unit - combined IR apple
Post by: johnnyvd on October 06, 2018, 03:00:49 AM

The small PCB is quite a good idea! I could also fit a connector to it and use it as the base of the unit.

Indeed there are 4 receivers and 4 hit leds planned and i wanted to daisy-chain them together with thin wires.
Pin count should be 7 then..