Homework - Rawi Fayad
Yukako Shimada
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Hello!
So what I had in mind was to light and animate (on a basic level) the pieces of a 'Tetris lamp' that no longer works (photo attached).
What I wanted to do was make the yellow box (the 'head') rotate/swivel, and possibly the 'arms' as well, using I imagine a standard servo actuator. As well as this, I'll be inserting various LEDs in the parts (Neopixel ring in the 'head', neopixel sticks/individual LEDs in the rest of the pieces)
I also initially considered adding sound/music to it (sound effects, or maybe the tetris music) but not sure I'd get around to buying/ordering and actually adding that in in time, so I'm not including that for the time being.
Materials (either owned or ordered and on their way)
- Arduino Nano & terminal
- NeoPixel ring (for the 'head')
- Neopixel stick
- LEDs
- Adafruit standard servo
- Solderless breadboard, jumper wires, 12V power supply, push-switches, etc
Other stuff I might need:
- Simple straight/angle brackets for connecting the pieces together
- Laser pointers on the 'arms'
- Very possibly will discover I missed something or have the wrong part at some point when I actually start putting it all together....
So what I had in mind was to light and animate (on a basic level) the pieces of a 'Tetris lamp' that no longer works (photo attached).
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What I wanted to do was make the yellow box (the 'head') rotate/swivel, and possibly the 'arms' as well, using I imagine a standard servo actuator. As well as this, I'll be inserting various LEDs in the parts (Neopixel ring in the 'head', neopixel sticks/individual LEDs in the rest of the pieces)
I also initially considered adding sound/music to it (sound effects, or maybe the tetris music) but not sure I'd get around to buying/ordering and actually adding that in in time, so I'm not including that for the time being.
Materials (either owned or ordered and on their way)
- Arduino Nano & terminal
- NeoPixel ring (for the 'head')
- Neopixel stick
- LEDs
- Adafruit standard servo
- Solderless breadboard, jumper wires, 12V power supply, push-switches, etc
Other stuff I might need:
- Simple straight/angle brackets for connecting the pieces together
- Laser pointers on the 'arms'
- Very possibly will discover I missed something or have the wrong part at some point when I actually start putting it all together....
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#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>
Still to be added: The arms (to be connected via servos and angle brackets on the blue hip bar), the servo attaching the head to the purple chest, and NeoPixel strips in both the arms, and the legs (vertical strips on the lower sections of the leg)
Parts were attached together using self-adhesive velcro pads, either on their own (in the case of attaching the 'legs' to the blue 'hip' bar), or together with the straight bracket and screw attaching the 'hip' to the purple 'chest' piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18oEMEF3SUg&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWwiZdb7C4I&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Svhws6B5w&feature=youtu.be