/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1577669
Not hard.
I made a pair with a small security camera that I removed the IR filter from, and fed the video into a set of FPV goggles. It's near IR, so it needed an IR illuminator to work, which I just used a 1w IR LED for.
I even used a microcontroller to overlay a HUD (battery life, GPS coordinates, radiation level, and a gas detector)
Total price of about $200 (most of that being the FPV goggles).

If you want far IR nightvision (thermal cameras), then you can get a FLIR module, like the Lepton. This is significantly more expensive, and will require you to convert the raw data from the Lepton into video, but still doable.

>>1577684
Damn, how hard was it to overlay a HUD that sounds really intimidating but extremely beneficial.

>>1577690
It wasn't too bad, I used the Video Experimenter Shield and TV Out library.
Resolution was a bit limited and it's black and white only.
I've learned a lot more about micro controllers since then, and I've thought about re-writing the project on a more powerful platform than the Atmega324.

Honestly, the one part I never got done was a helmet to mount the whole thing in.

>>1577696
How much experience with this stuff would you recommend before I commit to this, I'm fairly new to this.

Depends on why you're doing it. If you're gonna do it for the fun and learning of building one, go for it. If you just want functional nigh vision goggles for the least amount of money, go buy some, because you will just get frustrated and give trying to make them if progress goes slowly (it will).

>>1577669
Camera based night vision which requires IR illumination really is shit tier and there's no reason to make it except for fun.

>>1577757
I assumed as much, only common sense that you can't make something on par with the HQ for as cheap as it would be

i have been doing research on aliexpress into the following products:

round OLED screens, like for digital watches
infrared cameras
affordable thermal sensors
processors that can combine everything together with minimal lag

>>1577771
Link to the thermal imagers?
Just about everything under $100 has a resolution of like 20x15 or something stupidly low.

>>1577669
The most simple way would be a dashcam with bunch of IR LED diodes, 18650 cells power pack and metric shit-ton of duct tape origami.

If ya want cheap NVG look for gen 0 military surplus like PNW-57A. The only required hack is to replace power cord with 12V 18650 battery holder. Then either mount IR illumination on goggles or whatever ya want.

I got mine for 45 USD, full set in working condition.

>>1577690
most fpv goggles are analogue. so it's really easy. there's modules/chips that will do it for you. take s-video in, composite hud onto the signal, and send it out to your goggles

>>1577707
that's how you learn, retard. you do projects that are "too hard" for you and you learn your lessons. not everything can be handholding like you know from mommy and your teachers

>>1579163
Don't some of the old ones give you eye cancer?

just buy a security camera with IR screw it to a helmet, attach a battery and plug it into some VR goggles..DONE

>>1579198
Same as CRT tv. DC-DC converter at back of helmet has output of ~15kV. Specs, health hazard and shit is described in manual

>>1577669
>>1577690
>>1577707
Every fucking time I swear

>Hey /diy/ how Do I make complex object X?
>I know fucking nothing about the most basic anything, but I want to skip 16,000 steps and go right to the complex stuff

Jesus Christ have a fucking SHRED of self reflection before babbling like a god damn retard, like have you even built a fucking single circuit in your life? You think you can make fucking NV goggles?

Christ.