Carlos Flores, a 10th-grade student, created a replica of a helmet worn by the electronic music duo Daft Punk. The front of this silver chrome helmet has a full LED matrix display that illuminates words and patterns. To shape the helmet, Carlos used a baseball helmet and cardboard. He added fiberglass and Bondo to give it structural integrity, and he smoothed it down to paint it.
Inside, the electronics include an 8x32 LED matrix array with LED drivers. An MSP430 LaunchPad controls the sequence of LED patterns. Carlos got help from his dad, Luis, to cycle through a lot of patterns and words and figure out what looked best.
The project was presented at DESIGN West.
Table 1: Allied Parts List
| Amt |
Part Description |
Allied Part # |
| 224 |
3mm Red LEDs |
70052929 |
| 1 |
LED Driver Board |
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Table 2: Non-Allied Parts List
| Amt |
Description |
| For Helmet: |
|
| 1 |
Baseball Helmet |
| 1 |
Automotive fiberglass kit |
| 1 |
Automotive bondo |
| 1 |
Automotive fine filler |
| 1 |
Can of primer/filler |
| 1 |
Car window polarizing film |
| 1 |
Liquid chrome paint |
| 1 |
Glue gun and sticks |
| 1 |
Set of sanding paper |
| 1 |
Square clear plexiglass |
| 1 |
Liquid foam |
| 1 |
Cardboard |
|
|
| For Electronics: |
|
| 1 |
Texas Instruments MSP430 Launchpad |
| 1 |
Texas Instruments MSP430G2553 |
| 1 |
STP16DP05 |
| 1 |
UDN2982 |
| 1 |
500 Ohms resistor |
| 1 |
USB battery pack |
| 1 |
Fusion core board |
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