This is growing to more of a full wishlist for the pack and making me want more features…
For much beyond the keep alive, it quickly progresses to replacing the existing electronics. That is always possible, but requires more time and effort and I am having a hard time finding those… If I win the lotto I will have much more time to work on this!
I would also like more volume from the pack, so not sure the current speaker/amplifier for the pack would be satisfying.
With new electronics, it would also be great to replace the Red only cyclotron lights with color addressable LEDs so it could track the wand mode. I still haven’t figured out how to open up the cyclotron so this has been shifted down on my list of projects I want to do.
A lot of electronics knowledge? Are you referring to my kit? It should only require soldering 8 wires to the existing wand’s circuit board with no changes to the wand’s internal wiring, lights or switches.
For the future Keep alive boards I am looking into a no-soldering solution for the pack, but the wand still looks like a modified Spengler keep alive board, so some soldering to connect it in the same manor as the current keep alive board.
Wow. I should have looked closer at these boards years ago. It’s so cool to know there are other electrical engineers working on this stuff and brainstorming.
I just finished my “always on” plug and play unit for the pack today. Well… yesterday, it’s 2:26am. Gonna post a demo video on my page soon and start building em as soon as I get all the bulk parts in.
First time posting. Like others should have found this place earlier. Got sucked in when I got my son a spirit Halloween pack and decided to mod it. Using Spongefaces boards (pack and wand) and directions (along with other mods) I got his pack in a sweet place. Saw his post for the hasbro pack (getting ours Tuesday) so I know it will be a sweet board and set up when he gets time to set it up and make it. Can’t wait and appreciate all the work people put into creating these setups. Looking forward to working on the Hasbro pack.
I know it’ll be a different post when you’re closer to having a workable product to gauge interest, but I can say with 100% certainty that I want one of these kits when you’re ready to start selling them.
It seems that a lot of us are interested in the plug and play Keep Alive board - and I would definitely want to possibly get one by the end of March in time for MegaCon Orlando!
Very nice! I installed a relay board in mine a few nights ago (Amazon.com ) to achieve the keep alive. I’m finding that I can have it stay on for 183 seconds, and off for 2.1 seconds when in Afterlife mode. If I’m running it in 1984 mode, it has to stay off for 3 full seconds or it won’t turn back on.
If you check out the instagram post it’s mentioned in the comments that the rumble doesn’t need to be on. I don’t like mine either so that’s good news.
However, it is also mentioned that the plug and play option will not stop the wand from turning the pack off.
My hope would be that wand modification instructions would be released for those of us inclined to DIY it. Either way grateful to have stumbled upon this community where at least I have a chance of getting these mods thanks to all these helpful people!
Thanks, that was me on IG (SpaceWizardCosplay) who asked the question about the rumble motor, I just forgot b/c I was busy at work. That’s also a good thing. I just hope that the plug and play will solve all of the built-in limitations by Hasbro.
I agree, things have progressed much quicker than any of us had expected, which is a good thing!
