Aiy Rocket Backpack
Made by 8BitsAndAByte / Voice / Wearables
About the project
A super awesome backpack for space exploration!
Project info
Difficulty: Easy
Estimated time: 1 day
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA version 4.0 or later (CC BY-SA 4+)
Items used in this project
Hardware components
Hand tools and fabrication machines
Story
As part of the AIY challenge, I made a rocket backpack for space exploration.
Project VideoTo make the AIY usable in outer-space, I thought it would be cool to attach the button and the microphone to the straps of this rocket backpack.
Rocket backpack
The first step was modeling and 3D printing thingies to hold them in place, and spray-painting them silver for extra space points.
To connect everything, the wires to the microphone and to button were lengthened. On top of this, I ran them through plastic tubing for safety, coolness and style.
Two small holes were needed in the top of the backpack, so the wires could reach the Raspberry Pi. I tried sewing buttonholes instead, but it didn't work on the fabric...
Closeup of the finished backpack.
The Raspberry Pi running everything was placed in the inside pocket of the backpack.
The speaker was loosely sewed to the top of the backpack, so it's facing up and towards the person wearing the backpack. It's hard to hear the AIY in the video, but it's more than loud enough in person.
To make everything portable, the AIY Rocket Backpack was powered with a powerbank.
Double trouble: Back & Front
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some space exploring to do!
Up, up and awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!CAD, enclosures and custom parts
Credits
8BitsAndAByte
We’re Dane & Nicole, two makers that create tremendously terrible tech, which we happily share with you on our channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/8bitsandabyte
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