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Halloween - Pneumatic Popup Skeleton


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#1 Bill Cook

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Posted 17 September 2011 - 06:35 PM

Hi Everyone,

This is my first Netduino project. I built a popup skeleton and was controlling it with some old X10 stuff. You can see this phase in action in this video. But I wanted to add LED eyes and maybe some sound. So I ordered the Netduino+ a few weeks ago.

So far I have the following features working:

1. The Netduino is setup to act as a web server. Nothing special, the single page it serves has one button that, when clicked, runs the popup cycle. I'm going to use my Andriod tablet on Halloween to scare people when they walk up.
2. The popup cycle follows these steps
A. Signal the external relay board using digital I/O #2 for 2 seconds. The external relay board sends 24vac to the automatic sprinkler valve. The sprinkler value allows air to flow from a compressor into a modified screen-door closer.
B. Flash the LED eyes using digital I/O #0 and #1 for 8 seconds.
C. I plan on adding lights that will shine on the skeleton and some sort of audio laugh-track.
3. Every minute, when the popup cycle isn't running, the LED eyes flash in a few different patterns.

In this video you can see the flashing eyes.

Attachments:
Attached File  Netduino.jpg   558.5KB   77 downloads - a picture of my Netduino Plus, Breadboard, and external relay board
Attached File  LEDBoard.jpg   477.83KB   68 downloads - this is a picture of one of the eye LED boards I made. It consists of a few resistors, a transistor, and a red LED.
Attached File  Source.zip   80.38KB   11 downloads - This is my .NET application

If anyone has questions feel free to ask. Also, if anyone has any suggestions/feedback let me know. Thanks!

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Posted 18 September 2011 - 01:31 PM

Very cool! I used to build halloween props as well, eventually may revisit them and add microcontroller magic.
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Posted 19 September 2011 - 12:43 AM

Very cool! I used to build halloween props as well, eventually may revisit them and add microcontroller magic.


Thanks, ItsDan! I added audio yesterday by modifying a "spooky doorbell" device I picked up at a local Halloween store.
Here is the part: http://www.spirithal...unted-doorbell/

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Posted 19 September 2011 - 02:28 AM

Bill, that's startling :) Awesome for Halloween...and the sound helps add spook effect. Oh man. Halloween. What costumes and projects will folks build this year? I'm excited to see! Chris

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Posted 20 January 2012 - 05:42 AM

Just out of curiosity, what kind of external relay component did you use? I've worked with Phidgets before, but I don't recognize the one in the picture.

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Posted 21 January 2012 - 10:01 PM

Just out of curiosity, what kind of external relay component did you use? I've worked with Phidgets before, but I don't recognize the one in the picture.


I found it on amazon: http://www.amazon.co.../ref=pd_sim_t_1

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Posted 21 January 2012 - 10:46 PM

I found it on amazon: http://www.amazon.co.../ref=pd_sim_t_1

I've been looking for something that is reasonably priced to control a Christmas light display with a Netduino Plus. It looks like this may be a winner. I completed this project (http://channel9.msdn...Show-Version-20) last year, but the Phidget relay module was too expensive for what it does.

Thank you

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 07:03 PM

Hi Everyone,

This is my first Netduino project. I built a popup skeleton and was controlling it with some old X10 stuff. You can see this phase in action in this video. But I wanted to add LED eyes and maybe some sound. So I ordered the Netduino+ a few weeks ago.

So far I have the following features working:

1. The Netduino is setup to act as a web server. Nothing special, the single page it serves has one button that, when clicked, runs the popup cycle. I'm going to use my Andriod tablet on Halloween to scare people when they walk up.
2. The popup cycle follows these steps
A. Signal the external relay board using digital I/O #2 for 2 seconds. The external relay board sends 24vac to the automatic sprinkler valve. The sprinkler value allows air to flow from a compressor into a modified screen-door closer.
B. Flash the LED eyes using digital I/O #0 and #1 for 8 seconds.
C. I plan on adding lights that will shine on the skeleton and some sort of audio laugh-track.
3. Every minute, when the popup cycle isn't running, the LED eyes flash in a few different patterns.

In this video you can see the flashing eyes.

Attachments:
Attached File  Netduino.jpg   558.5KB   77 downloads - a picture of my Netduino Plus, Breadboard, and external relay board
Attached File  LEDBoard.jpg   477.83KB   68 downloads - this is a picture of one of the eye LED boards I made. It consists of a few resistors, a transistor, and a red LED.
Attached File  Source.zip   80.38KB   11 downloads - This is my .NET application

If anyone has questions feel free to ask. Also, if anyone has any suggestions/feedback let me know. Thanks!


Hey Bill I realize this an old post but can you share how you hooked up the relay board to your netduino. I am planning on using the same board in a project (but the 16 channel one). Are you just plugging the pins into the digital outputs of the netduiono ?




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