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Christopher Cantrell edited this page Nov 10, 2017
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- Glue the 4 grids to foam to make the cylinder (run the wires through the foam to the center)
- Make the top foam plate
- Make the brim foam ring
- Remove the 2 resistors from each board
- Solder-bridge all of them
- Add a 1K pull-down resistor for the button
- Add patch wires for the button
- Add wires to the button
- Solder the connectors to the batteries
- Attach the DC converter to the battery connector
- Add the slide switch to the converter
- Add all wire runs to the converter (leave them all hanging)
- Run the 16G power/ground wires for the cylinder
- Run the 4 data lines
- Test the cylinder
- Do some current studies
- Cut all segments and solder them in the chain
- Test the chains
- Mark the hat where the chains go and paint the edges black
- Mount the chains to the brim foam
- Test the chains
- Mount the foam brim to the hat
- Test the chains
- Cut the black poster paper top
- Attach the rings to the poster paper (run the wires through)
- Attach the segments to the poster paper (run the wires through)
- Attach the poster paper to the foam top
- Run the power and data lines
- Test the top
- Mount the foam top of the hat
- Firm up the wire connectors
- Use velcro to mount everything in the hat