Bark it Up! Suits and Rave Gear

Finished 'standard' style harness without buckles

Harness with collar and prototype controller showing interconnects and lit in 'Rainbow' mode.

Unlit harness, collar, and controller showing focus on the connectors

Close up on stitching of personal collar.

Next up is full assembly!

Strips are inserted into pre-cut, pre-sized 1.5" tubular nylon webbing.
( Had to custom order :P )

Arranged and pinned around the metal hardware.
( Re-measured for accuracy to provided specifications )

And finally stitched with a clean 'satin' style stitching.

Silicone diffuser added to LED strip before sealing

Sealed diffuser example with connector wire leads for a separate collar

LED strips then get inserted into a diffuser silicone strip for extra protection, reinforcement, and to add some resistance to moisture.

These are sealed at both ends with hot glue and/or silicone.

Once that's all wired, sealed, and dried, I run a full electrical test in all controller modes.

LED strip soldered for reinforcement and wired for series connection

3 input connectors at different strap positions for modular addition of other products or choice of controller placement

While we're here, a build overview!

Each LED strip is cut to size and joints soldered for reinforcement.

Wire layout is soldered on with input connectors for daisy chaining a collar and/or a leash or just connecting the controller at a different spot.

3 here for 'Standard' style.

Harness electronics build layout with wiring and extras

All the pieces are in place, time to start building!

This one will have plastic buckles and stainless steel hardware due to a nickel sensitivity of the wearer.

Testing layouts and some application of heat shrink for a little extra protection!

Front view of the fursuit head, fire dog Tape pattern coverage and nose placement tape

Dog fursuit with tape on it to make a pattern to fix the fur that needs to be replaced.

Hm yes lovely.
Was doing the finishing touches before the nose and mouth inserts and pulled too hard on the backing on the left side. Now I have to replace the red parts that are taped for the pattern.
Other than that hiccup, the head is almost done.
The fursuit makers chacha never ends.
-Mori

Custom box controller, battery side lid off

Custom box controller, top side lid off

Custom box controller, top front

Custom box controller

Box! v2!
Clear(ish) PETG, slightly thicker walls, snap lid on top and bottom.
Clip!
Adding a little switch cover/extension for the power switch, but this is the final revision for now!

(Special thanks to co-worker with new Bambu printer for multiple revisions and test prints)

USB drive display in Windows.

Prepared PCB assemblies, custom controller.

Boards!

Finishing touches on enclosure box to be revealed soon!

Don't mind the mess. (And all the posts on sites that is all Barkitup related)
95% done (pinned), Need finishing touches - nose and teeth.
I hope it gets done This October or I'm going to cry lol. I feel bad that I've been going so slow, but sickness took over and I needed a long rest.
-Mori

I apologize for the double post, was just fixing something!
-Mori

Since the about info box is too small for everything.
Mori decided to post this- to pin this.

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How to contact us via Telegram.
t.me/Barkitup
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For larger detailed posts
Patreon -
www.patreon.com/c/barkitup/h...
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How to support
Ko-fi - Store / Support. (For now)
ko-fi.com/barkitup

We have started to put Digital Refsheets (furry adopts) on our Ko-fi ko-fi.com/barkitup
Each ref bought can become a fursuit later on.
We will open Fursuit Rank Tiers 1-F once we have finished premade- fire dog.
Some Rave Gear slots will be listed soon too once we have all the supplies.
-Mori

LED array showing 300 LEDs and custom controller.

LED array showing 300 LEDs and custom controller.

300 LED on Custom Controller test!
Multimeter apparently not reading voltage or current properly after sitting in storage so long.

Half of the calculated limit on the controller.
Ran FFT mode for over 3 hours before test was interrupted. (Cats ...)

SAMD21 microcontroller!
Audio collection and processing onboard!
Pinouts for the button and LED strip connector!

Currently spec'd using the 21E17A variant due to chip availability.
Custom bootloader, UF2 uploads, partial Arduino IDE support. (Export sketch, convert into UF2)

Did I mention clip?

That's 600+ LEDs at 1/8 brightness.
(60mA per LED at full bright + full white = 7.5mA at 1/8 brightness)
5000 mA / 7.5 = holy cow that's a lot of LEDs.

Haven't had a build use that many yet, but nice to know the option is there.

18650 rated for higher amperage as used in vapes.

Box! Button! USB!

Custom PCB based on a few Adafruit dev boards with some components beefed up for higher amperage, more LED potential, and use of 18650 battery.

Can be run and/or charged via onboard USB-C.
1 amp limited charge rate.
Main switching diodes rated for 5A.

Metal screw rivets front.

Metal screw rivets back

Sewn edge sides

So... Metal hardware rivets or sewn edge?

Mode test :D

Electrical test - Prototype 'standard' style harness (X + Y ?)

Full assembly soon-ish

Front and back. Test print circuit boards for custom controller design.

Circuit board with test print enclosures for layout and hole spacing. (Power switch slot, USB-C slot, button mount hole, LED wire hole on side)

Circuit board back with quarter for scale. (Sorry, no banana on hand)

Bonus! As a treat!
First print test PCBs!

(Redesign soon, slight changes to layout and size)

⚠️ Loud Warning ⚠️
Sensitivity adjustment demo:

Calculations and adjustments every few seconds to maintain reasonable activity levels and avoid everything being lit once.

Can take a minute or so when going from loud to quiet(er), but everything should eventually level out and stay interesting!

Hold button lock/unlock with red/green flash indication respectively:

Automatic sensitivity adjustment globally and per color to adapt to different environments.
(Rave test time!)
Final design to be USB-C powered and/or rechargeable using a swappable 18650 battery.
High power, more LEDs, yes, yes

5 original modes, adjusted and updated:

Static music - colors mapped to specific LED zones
Fade - fade between the 8 colors
Rainbow - scrolling rainbow
Streaks - alternating color streaks
Random music - sets of 3 LEDs randomly placed when frequency is triggered.

Single button operation.

Version 2.0 !! Code Demo:

Restructured and updated for new controller hardware.
(Custom designed, TBA)

New FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) logic, better frequency response, faster processing power, added colors to account for more frequency response zones.

(16 frequency ranges mapped to 8 colors)

five days... five!!! That's very impressive! Gotta be some secrets goin on there! -Mori

At the trust the process stages.
Everything is pinned on right now.
Got to hand sew the ear piece then sew the pinned pieces together. Trim the fur and pray I don't bald it! Then make the jawset/ pickable nose. Paint in the pupils of the eyes.
Just wanted to share what's done so far.

So We have a goal.
At 1k followers (or around there. or sooner than that)
I want to be able to give away a fursuit head/partial premade (voted on) or a rave harness to someone for free! Maybe both.
depends if we have enough support and capabilities to supply it. Here is to dreaming.
-Mori

Sorry all for the mass follow That we did! Just setting up the account with our interests and to be able to be kept updated with some artist we enjoy.

That is so smooth! That's goals right There!

Old account for Z's Rave Harnesses and old example.
Here is what he can do with the prototype they are currently working on. We will soon update when we can.
(Did you hear that Awoo? That's our dog being bored, lol.)

Might not look like much right now, But here is a wip of a Dog we are working on.
This doggo, is hopefully the one partial that will help boost and support our little hobby so we can continue making things for others, and so we can get better at our craft to make better fursuits and supplies for you