We’ve seen and featured a lot of Pip-Boy builds through the years, and we’re more likely to see a number of extra within the close to future due to the success of the Fallout TV present. These tasks fluctuate in complexity from inert shells to totally useful items that may put the skilled TV present props to disgrace. However they virtually all have one factor in frequent: the dimensions. To imitate what we see within the video games and now the TV present, Pip-Boy builds are fairly giant. 3DSage’s Pip-Boy stands out as a result of it’s extra compact and wearable.
3DSage constructed this Pip-Boy to put on to Open Sauce 2024 and it wanted to be comfy sufficient to maintain strapped on for your entire weekend. Most Pip-Boy builds that we’ve seen take up nearly all of the consumer’s forearm and are heckin’ cumbersome as well, making them cumbersome to put on for longer than it takes to snap some good cosplay pictures. 3DSage’s Pip-Boy has an analogous vibe, nevertheless it isn’t a real reproduction. It retains the character of a Pip-Boy, whereas being far smaller and simpler to put on for lengthy intervals of time. It most carefully resembles the Pip-Boy 2000 Mk VI, however even that may be a little bit of a stretch.
As a result of this design is a wholly authentic work by 3DSage, he was capable of tailor it to his wants. It consists of 4 capabilities: a time show, a simulated terminal readout, a “radio,” and a QR code show. The terminal readout doesn’t present any actual data, however seems cool. The “radio” performs pre-programmed sequences of sq. wave notes by way of a small speaker. The QR code show lets 3DSage simply go hyperlinks to folks, which is a really useful function for a YouTuber attending a convention. The wearer can swap between these capabilities utilizing a potentiometer with a knob appropriately modeled after a Nuka-Cola cap.
The 2 major parts for this mission had been a Microchip ATtiny85 microcontroller and a 1.3” monochrome OLED. 3DSage selected the ATtiny85 as a result of it’s small and consumes little or no energy — so little that coin cell batteries had been ample. The 1.3” OLED was bulkier than 3DSage most popular, so he trimmed the surplus off of the PCB. He then soldered the parts onto a easy home made PCB of his personal.
Because the identify suggests, 3DSage focuses on all issues 3D and that’s the place this construct actually shines. The customized 3D CAD work and 3D printing for this Pip-Boy are top-notch. 3DSage even included a magnetic latching, print-in-place hinged holotape compartment. With meticulous portray and weathering, plus the addition of a leather-based wrist strap, the completed Pip-Boy seems unbelievable. It might have genuinely been used on the set of the Fallout TV present and no one would have batted a watch.