In case you haven’t looked at the window lately, or you only find out about El Output, five minutes of news will convince you that the end of the world is coming all the time. Do not worry, if the case comes, we have the perfect gadget. Using a Raspberry, a few extra components, and plenty of ingenuity, maker John Edgar Park has created a wearable that strikingly mimics the Pip-Boy from the Fallout video game. We tell you all the details and how you can build it too.
John Edgar Park has worked over 20 years as a computer animator for Disney, Sony, etc. But, besides that, he is a professional maker.
In his day, he presented the Make series on PBS (public television in the United States), in addition to making projects and videos for Adafruit, one of the most important companies of electronic components, accessories for Raspberry Pi, Arduinos, etc.
So it’s no wonder that Park is able to create true wonders with a few parts and circuits, but it is that, this has been overcome.
How to have a Pip-Boy on your wrist
For anyone who has lived on a desert island, the Fallout game saga must be the most famous when it comes to the post-apocalyptic genre. Its titles are legendary and its retro-futuristic aesthetic is spectacular and one of its greatest attractions.
Within this aesthetic, we must highlight the Pip-Boy, the computer that you wear on your wrist and that you use in the game when viewing statistics, checking radiation levels, etc.
The Pip-Boy are handled like a wearable and John Park has reproduced one of them so that you can carry it with you and do not clash with the times that we have had to live.
He presented it himself on Twitter in this way.
Almost finished making this Pip-Boy 2040 I designed. @adafruit learn guide coming soon #fallout #PipBoy pic.twitter.com/UB0Lddm8q7
– John Edgar Park (@johnedgarpark) December 9, 2021
Baptized as Pip-Boy 2040 , as you can see, it is spectacular and, if you have envy and you are crafty, you can build it yourself.
How to build a Pip-Boy with your own hands
Park has detailed, with photos and step by step, the entire process to build your own Pip-Boy on this page .
There you have the necessary components that you will have to buy and, using the menu on the left of the page, you will access the step-by-step construction , the code to make the screen work and even the 3D plans of the case, so that you can download them and you print easily.
The brain inside it is a small Adafruit Feather board with a Raspberry Pi chip model RP2040 (hence the name that has been given to the gadget ).
As you can see if you enter the page, more detailed, impossible. Although, yes, if you are wondering what the Pip-Boy can do for you, the truth is that right now not much, except to help you win a cosplay contest.
The truth is that the code it carries is very simple and just shows the images of the Pip-Boy and moves the cursor , but nothing else. It is hoped that this code will mature a little more over time, or that the maker community will expand it, to make the Pip-Boy a wearable that goes beyond being an essential fashion accessory after the end of the world.
As you can see, the ingenuity of some is incredible. Or that they know something that we do not know and are preparing for what is coming …