Retro Future Unit Converter
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ย. 2024
- This is a retro, future dystopian style fidget toy... but it's actually super useful. I was tired of pulling out my phone to convert inches to millimeters or ounces to grams, so I made this.
You flip the switch, and bam, it's on. No waiting, no annoying ads.
Ever been curious about speed conversions? Like how fast 100 kilometers per hour really is in miles per hour? This gadget's got you. You select 'Length', click the dial to 'Kilometers per hour', switch to 'Miles per hour', and then just twist the dial. And here's the kicker - spin it fast, and the numbers zoom up exponentially. Spoiler: 100 KPH is just about 62 MPH. Not as speedy as it sounds, right?
I crafted the housing in Fusion 360 and 3D printed it with an SLA printer. The dial's a rotary encoder with a click function. The brains? A D1 Mini, juiced up by a battery repurposed from an old disposable vape.
Check out the video to see it in action. Trust me, it's not just another gadget - it's the fidget toy you didn't know you needed.
#retrotech #dystopianfuture
Here is a link to the diagram, 3D files and more! hackmakemod.com/blogs/projects/diy-unit-converter
Vape batteries... i power so many stuff with them, including some of my retro game controllers.
Yooooo
If you’re talking about 18650s then vapes are just one of the many uses for them. Try tearing down a dewalt 20V max battery and upgrading the cells with some molicell P28s
@@italianbasegard i use 18650s for many things but in this case i was refearing to small batteries from disposable vapes.
Thats awesome. I really want to get into making things like this.
I knew their wouls be a good use for that battery!
I use old vape batteries for kinds of projects!
The app on a smartphone is much faster and google is much better
Absolutely love this. This is really awesome!
So very cool!
This is amazing! Thanks for sharing.
Sweet build! I usually just ask Siri which is generally quite fast and she’s in most of the places I need conversions. But she doesn’t look as retrosexy as this! (Shhh don’t tell her I said that!)
I think this is a brilliant little retro futurism device and I've started to build my own one. It doesn't need to work better than the internet or a phone app, that's not the point of such things. Adam Savage didn't need to get ruler tattoo on his forearm, with all its flaws, but it's very cool. A big thankyou for the idea and especially for sharing it @HackMakeMod.
I love this!
Cool Project
The app on a smartphone is much faster and google is much better
Impressive!!😮
I love "useless" things like this more than I should 😅
very cool
Gives me fallout vibes 😊
Just switch to metric. If you cant due to manufucturers. Just move ANYWHERE else
Just get the converter+ app. No adds. Does every conceivable unit for more than every measurement you’ll ever need. Not trying to sound like an ad but it is that good
I love this one. I could use this on an almost daily basis
do you have you have a build list and cad files available? this would be super useful for my job.
Not right now, but I could do it tomorrow :)
@@HackMakeMod hope you share it with us
I would make one as well for sure.
Ditto. This is perfect.
Here you go! hackmakemod.com/blogs/projects/diy-unit-converter
Cool as hell!!! Congrats.
I wonder when the average American will join the rest of the world. Even medical area, physics and more are already using metric in USA. I wonder if the system is purposely keeping them from learning or the population is too lazy to learn.
Rad.✌️
I am still baffled by the sheer absurdity of rechargeable batteries in disposable vapes. Makes great power sources tho
Google assistant will give your info faster lol. It's cool though
any idea where to source a battery for this? I don't have any disposable vapes lol. or maybe a step file so we can resize for our own battery
Could you talk more about the vape-batteries? They are super useful but how do I prevent overcharging?
There are charging modules that use an ic (usually tp4056) to prevent overcharging and over discharging. That is the most popular option
I really love this channel
@HackMakeMod I built one of your DIY Unit Converters, for some reason when I select (push the button) in the first menu screen it works but pushing the button on the second sub menu does nothing. Do you have an idea what's wrong?
I love this!!! Fingers crossed you release the code and parts list!
Here you go! hackmakemod.com/blogs/projects/diy-unit-converter
The app on a smartphone is much faster and google is much better
wouldn't it be easier to just stop using lbs and inches and move to a proper system?
Missing the proper SI unit, m/s.
If your buddy brags about going 100 on the Autobahn. They prollbably converted it for you. That's 100mph
160km/h
Screw apps I want to download this
Here you go! hackmakemod.com/blogs/projects/diy-unit-converter
Why do you power down your PC?
Is the battery rechargeable?
Where's m/s tho
Kinda odd to see fps but mps
I want that
If theres anyone here that has the gear and know how to make one of these I would gladly pay you. This tool would be invaluable to me, as I hate using the internet to find an accurate conversion all the time.
USAians will really do anything to keep using the British Empire's units 😂
If I pay €1.90 per liter, how many $ does it cost to drive 100 miles?
If this thing loads up faster than Google or a third-party converter app on your smartphone - you should dump that Android from the early 2000's, and get a new device.
If you're going on 100km/h on Autobahn you're slowing down the trucks on the slowlane, nothing a German would flex.
are you just using "exponentially" to say, faster...or is it actually exponential? Thatd just be a weird way to program an encoder.
Fuckin' cool
A 2D printed scale is even faster .
My calculator app that came with the phone has all of those conversions and more, nit to mention it'll be way faster to open it.
Cool project tho.
Or... You live in a country and are of an age that you've lived through both imperial and metric eras. Then you already know most of the speed limits in both MPH and KPH, 3 feet is roughly a metre, 12 inches is roughly 30cm, miles to kilometres is knowing your 16 times table - 1 mile = roughly 1600 metres or 1.6 kilometres. So 5 miles is 5x16/10.
I'm grateful to have lived with both systems, but metric is so much easier. I mean 5/16! Just call it 8mm and be done!
It's neat, though the calculator app on your phone will do the same thing for significantly more measurements.
"faster than google"
Is the code available for this bad boy?
Here you go! hackmakemod.com/blogs/projects/diy-unit-converter
better just migrate USA to metric system lol
Never going to happen.
Never going to happen.
I want one🥺
It's a cool project but you can put the whole equation in into a browser get the return values pretty fast in comparison of scrolling through the cool gui that fits the material of the unit pretty well.
Your phone calculator will do this 😅 much faster.
The app on a smartphone is much faster and google is much better
america should just convert to 100% metric!
except for beer where it should adopt imperial instead....
US Customary Pint < 0.5L < Imperial pint
Were is code😮
Here you go! hackmakemod.com/blogs/projects/diy-unit-converter
100km/h is in fact not impressive and you better keep out of the left lane going 20-30km/h under the usual speed limit, if there is one.
do you know what is even better: just dont use imperial units
If you're clever enough to build your own conversion computer, you then don't need one!
NASA has gone metric. how about the rest of you too.
how about make your own app you genius
Over engineered gimmick.
Good idea but very ugly execution, from human interface perspective its a complete failure, you would add fast access buttons.
How are you defining “complete failure”?
@@HackMakeMod Whats happens if i want to fast convert a big number? Then a keyboard is faster.
How easy to acces the know is? Taking in account that you need to grab the device with the other hand... pretty hard.
A tabletop calculator stills holds a better form farctor for your purpose, however the encoder idea, specially with the acceleration library, its a neat idea.
Also as i tell you before the menus take more time to navigate than use the main function. You should put fast access buttons.
Dont serve for his purpose, a table top calculator works better, you still need to iterate the idea some more times.
Having focused on the fallout aesthetics was a mistake, look better on human anatomy.
My question was how do you define “complete failure”… I think you’re just saying you don’t like it.
The purpose of building it was for my own use. I like it. If you don’t like it, that’s fine too. I appreciate the feedback… I just wanted to make sure I understood.
@@HackMakeMod Man, i alredy said it to you 3 times, your comprehension falls short...
"Your device, from an human interface point of view, its a comple falliure because It DO NOT SERVE TO HIS PURPOSE"
For the variety of reasons that i already listed:
-Bad form factor.
-Slow menus
-Slow input at long numbers
I also point to you that aesthetics over functionality its a mistake.
@@HackMakeMod Now, besides de arguments of the conversation, i like your device, looks cool and cute, but inside is a mess.
Anyway I dont have interest to focus on that because is useless, or you use as it is, or you make a better iteration with less aesthetics.
Also, to accomplish that kind of fallout aesthetics i recommend you to press metal, naking the molds in the 3D printer.
Dont be so stubborn dude 😉
Or... hear me out. You could use your phone's calculator app. Or even memorise the conversions...