GhostKitty Proton Pack

This is my contribution to the GB community. This project adds a bit more movie / game accuracy but also a little fun :)

Table of Contents

• About the Project
  • Built With
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Wand Configuration
• License
• Contact
• Acknowledgements

About The Project

YouTube Video

Original Prototype

Afterlife Cyclotron 40 segment LED ring

I want this to be a source for anyone to use to create their own proton pack kits for as cheap as possible and still include all the features for a rumble motor, 2 firing mechanisms, all functioning LEDs in the wand, pack themes, full 28 segment bar graph, and an output for a vent kit.

Current Themes for the pack:

• Movie
• Stasis / Afterlife
• Slime
• Meson
• Christmas!
• Future Halloween

Getting Started

Build Requirements:

• 1 - Arduino Nano (Amazon)
• 1 - DFPlayer Mini (Be aware that some of the knock offs do not perform correctly, reference to the busy pin may not work) (Digikey Only)
• 1 - Any amplifing circuit (Currently testing an Adafruit Stereo 20W Class D Audio Amplifier - MAX9744) (Amazon, Digikey)
• 1 - LED Matrix Driver - HT16K33 Breakout (for the bar graph) (Amazon, Digikey)
• 1 - 28 segment bargraph (barmeter.com, ebay is your best option)
• 1 - Pack of neopixels or equivalent WS2812B ( Vent and wand LEDs) (Amazon)
• 1 - LED strip (Powercell) (Amazon)
• 1 - Adafruit Jewel - Wand Tip (WAs looking at the Pixie but there is a concern of its overhead requirements when working with normal WS2812B's, and they can not be chained together with WS2812B's) (Amazon, Digikey)
• 1 - 40 Segment LED ring or LED strip (WS2812B's) - Afterlife Cyclotron LED
• Pack of 24 awg stranded cable (Amazon) - To keep things clean you might want to look at ribbon cables or multi conductor cables.
• For circuit noise filtering, I would add a 1000uF electrolytic capacitors closes to the neopixels, and a 470 Ohm resistor before the first led of the strip (This is recommended by Adafruit as well). I would recommend one 1000uF capacitor for the wand to filter out noise from both the bargraph and the neopixels. (See Diagram)
• If you are printing the PCB you will need a RJ45 Connector, 2.54mm JST Connectors, 2.54mm Dupont Connectors, 1 MP1584EN Buck Converter, 7805 Voltage regulator, 2 1k Ohm resistors, and some 0.1 uF and 0.33 uF ceramic capacitors. Additionally for the wand, 1000uF capacitor, a 1N4001 diode and a transistor.

Prerequisites

You are going to need to install the following libraries:

For the Audio DFPlayer Player:

• SoftwareSerial.h
• DFPlayerMini_Fast.h

For the WS2812B / NeoPixel LEDs

• Adafruit_NeoPixel.h

Custom Libraries for the Powercell / Cyclotron / Bargraph Animiations

• GBLEDPatternsJewel.h
• BGSequence.h

Sound Files for the DFPlayer or Alternative Player

Here are some sound files I found online or mixed myself

Wand Configuration

## Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to be learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Contact

Mike Simone - @mikesimone3

Project Link: https://github.com/MikeS11/ProtonPack

Acknowledgements

• Eric Banker for the for the wonder work completed on his Arduino project. (a couple of his functions are referenced in this project)