HAL 9000 Google home mini
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I Started This Project About 3 Years Ago Wanting To Change A Google Home Mini Into A Hal 9000. I Found Out That The Original Design And Shape Was In Fact Big Enough To Fit An Entire Google Home Mini Inside Of It So I Started The Design. Unfortunately, Life Got In The Way And I Was Unable To Finish It Until Now The Current Project Utilizes The Original Screws From The Google Home Mini As You Deconstruct It With The Speaker Being Mounted On The Lower Base Plate And The Main Chip Being Mounted On The Upper Base Plate. You Will Need A Larger 12-In Bed To Print Some Of The Primary Pieces Due To How Big How 9000 Actually Is. The Assembly Is Moderately Easy With The Wires From The Speakers Needing To Be Extended To Reach Their Original Plug And Two Wires Soldered To The Original Touch Contact Pads Found On Either Side Of The Board On The Back Of It. The Wires For The Contact Pads Then Have To Be Connected To The Touchpads Which I Printed And Conductive The Prototype Is Shown Above Is My First Assembly And I Have Modified Some Smaller Pieces On It To Make It Go Together Better The Installation Of The Main Board Just Requires Three Screws In Total With One Screw Attaching The Primary Usb Mini Plug And Microphone Switch Which Will Have To Be Angled Slightly To Be Plugged Into The Usb And Avoid The Components Of The Upper Board Which Then The Upper Board Can Be Screwed In With The Two Screws That Were Originally Used To Mount It In The Google Home Mini. The Speaker Is Mounted The Same Way With Two Of Its Original Screws And The Wires Facing Directly Upwards. The Touchpads Require That You Solder Two Wires To Either Side Where The Original Contacts Were And Attach The Wires To The New 3D Printed Touchpads. I Did This By Simply Melting The Wires Into The Touchpads Themselves. The Lens Assembly Has Two Elements In It: One Element Contacts Leds Directly While The Other Element Sits Over The Contacting Element For Better Clarity. I Did 3D Print This On My Resin Printer But It Can Be Printed On The Fdm Printer. I Did In Fact Print The Primary Lens With An Fdm Printer. Version 2 Notes: In Version 2 I Added Structural Supports For The Upper Chassis Area To Make It More Rigid While Also Adding Tabs To Hold Both The Upper And Lower Chassis To The Lower Panels The Split Between The Upper And Lower Chassis Has Also Been Changed So That It Is Equal Between Both Increasing Rigidity Of The Upper Chassis. I'Ve Also Added In A New Eye Which Has A Smaller Iris And Hopefully We'Ll Be Closer To The Original Prop In Look. I Also Increased The Thickness Of The Upper Rear Panel And The Depth Of The Speaker Mounting Hole On The Lower Rear Panel. This Is Somewhat Of A Project I'M Still Working On And If You Find Any Kinks Or Have Any Suggestions To Improve It Please Leave A Comment Below. I Will Also Include The Original Autodesk Fusion 360 Files So They Can Be Modified By Anybody Who Wants To. Thank You And Enjoy Your Hal 9000 Google Assistant It Probably Won'T Try To Kill You…. Note: All Previous Will Be Available As A Rar File Video Of It Working Https://Youtu.Be/7G8Efjnnixs
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