Dyne's LD-F1 (D-O concept) build

[Dyne]

Since I can't attend Droid Con 2023 this coming weekend and don't want to be sad about that, I thought I'd post a bit about what I've been doing.


Firstly, I mentioned awhile back that I would release information on how to build the droid.  I want to do that before making major untested revisions like the static neck, so I've started putting together a snapshot of the droid's files and build info as it currently exists.  It's slow going because there are a few hundred parts and I'm trying to write assembly instructions as well as a bill-of-materials, which means I either need to remember what I used/did, or else find that info in what I wrote here (if I even did).

As part of the instructions, I want to include some nice exploded views of the various components.  I have been reassembling the droid in Blender so I don't have to rely on screenshots. I don't think the second image below is especially clear because it's so busy, but that'll improve when I render individual sections of the droid.  In the meantime, it gives some idea of how much stuff there is in here.





No clue when I'll finish that.



Secondly, I'm starting to think about my plans for rewiring the droid.  I don't think I ever actually posted the quick diagram that represents my initial "plan" from back before Dragon Con.  If you can call it that.



I mentioned this briefly back when I wrote post #37, saying I'd post a better version later when I had time to create one, but I was definitely in crunch mode and never quite got around to it.  (Just as a hint of how rushed this was, it looks like I specified using a door where the main power switch should go.)

I do know a few alterations that were made when I actually implemented this.  For one thing, the ESP32 and its logic level converter were put inside the head.  That means they draw their power and ground connections from the PCA9685 board (also in the head), not from the 5V battery elimination circuit on the two ESCs (which are in the body).  Instead, both ESCs connect to the RX8R receiver (with the 5V BEC lead on one of them disconnected), and there is no 5V bar ... the voltage regulator output only goes to the PCA9685.

This schematic will likely change quite a bit as I revise LD-F1.