This Raspberry Pi Pico Fallout-inspired T-45 power armor helmet is ready for the battle against roaches

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When it comes to making props and replicating hardware from science fiction, creators will undoubtedly use their favorite board, and that’s exactly what happened with today’s project, created by creator and developer Grimdaria, as he’s known on Reddit. Using our favorite microcontroller, the Raspberry Pi PicoGrimdaria has put together a great book T-45 power armor helmet from the ‘Fallout’ franchise. And we think the Brotherhood of Steel would approve of this build.

This project was designed as part of a Halloween costume for his son and is sized to fit a child’s head. That said, there’s plenty of room inside for a plethora of electronics and features that his son can not only monitor, but control. It contains LEDs, a temperature sensor and even a screen.

It can be hard to hear what’s going on outside with such a big helmet, so Grimdaria got creative and threw in a microphone. This allows his son to listen to the audio with headphones. The internal screen is an OLED display that gives a lot of details about the hardware at a glance, including things like temperature, headphone volume, and whether or not the lights and fans are on or off.

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The motherboard powering the controls is a Raspberry Pi Pico. It’s connected to a 12-LED NeoPixel ring that controls the main helmet light, a few buttons, a potentiometer for adjusting the lighting and volume, as well as an array of fans, the temperature sensor and of course the OLED screen.

You might be wondering how practical the OLED screen in the helmet is, but apparently it worked quite well with no complaints after three hours of trick or treating. Grimdaria placed it in the nose of the helmet to keep it as far from the eyes as possible. It has a resolution of 128 x 64px and features a combination of blue and yellow.

This is one of the coolest Fallout-themed projects we’ve seen, especially considering it created an unforgettable Halloween experience. If you want to take a closer look at this, great Raspberry Pi projectcheck out the original thread that was shared Reddit from Grimdaria.