General Purpose Field Computer
Due to the low price of electronics this project can now be realised.
Initially I just wanted a wireless device to simulate area effect damage.
Then I though, might as well use all this spare processing power for something.
Add a screen and it becomes much more useful.
Bleed out/ respawn timer etc.
We have a cheap small device that is given to everyone on the field.
This will allow us us to simulate Grenades, Radiation, Artillery etc
Limited by your imagination
Maybe a ping device, push a button and all units in the area go beep.
The device consists of
$2 microprocessor (AVR Mega8)
$2 433mhz radio module.
$4 Screen
$2 battery
$10 support circuitry.
45mins of assembly.
Should measure 60x40x15mm
How would it work?
For a grenade, well push button on grenade, throw it, anyone within a 10m radius starts beeping.
Radiation, if you get near a radioactive source, you start accumulating radiation.
The closer you are the faster you get irradiated.
Until you die.
Artillery, same as grenade but a bigger effect area. 25-30m
The transmitter could be thrown or hidden and activated remotely.
I would probably want to add a speaker to the transmitter so players know they are getting killed by an Artillery strike.
Did some preliminary testing and have order parts to make 10x units.
Prototype Rev1
70w x34h x24t
Will be 2mm thinner when I get the proper LCD screen.
AA and AAA battery for size comparison.
Looking swish in a jacket of black shrink wrap.
RX Program done.
The grenade/tx
Jar + Fluro paint
Flip cover, Push/Hold button, release, throw
So if you need a radiation source and giger counters, let me know