It took me some time to get back to this thread because I have been busy with construction of my project. Sorry I didn't provide enough info, allow me to try again.
As of right now (09/17/2015) I am still building and starting to wire my props.
I have a total of three Arduino Uno's, L293D Motor Shield and a VS 1035B MP3 Shield.
I am building a Haunted Tree. It is about 12 foot tall, 3 feet wide. I am using phone wire to connect everything.
What I want this thing to do is:
- Play ambiance music while standing idle
- When motion is detected trigger one of 6 scares at random. Some scares are accompanied with a sound file
- delay about 45 seconds or so and reset.
The scares:
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The Crows: I will be running three mini servo motors inside crows turning their heads back and forth... I have two servos connected together to share the same movement and the third to run its own movement. I'd be happy with just random back and forth motions. I also have three red LED's to light the crows from above. I have a couple of sound files to play with the movement. I have all of this wired and ready to connect.
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The Falling Limb: I will be triggering a 12v solenoid for my "falling Limb". Also wired and ready to be connected. A sound file to be played with this as well.
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Dropping Spiders: I have two DC motors that are being used to raise and drop my spiders. Two spiders per wheel. I want them to rotate forward for X milliseconds, pause, then reverse. No sound downloaded yet but ideas are welcomed.
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Clown I have a battery powered Clown prop that sits on a swing. I am going to tap it's "try me" button to activate the clown. He laughs and kicks his legs. No external sound needed.
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Owl Hole: I have ordered a pack of 100 5mm LEDs. Max. Forward Voltage:2.0-2.4v,3.0-3.6V Max. Reverse Voltage:5uA
I'll use some of those to back light a silhouette owl or some other creature in the trunk of my tree.
Maybe flicker and/or flash.
I have downloaded a few MP3 files of owls and growls. I haven't decided if I want an owl in the tree or a monster. -
Stump: I will be creating a stump with pneumatics. When triggered a monster or demon will pop out of the top of the stump. Sound to be played and LED lights flicker/flash.
The Equipment:
PIR Motion Sensor
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1pcs-HC-SR501-Adjust-IR-Pyroelectric-Infrared-PIR-Motion-Sensor-Detector-Module-/380744781714
VS1053B MP3 Shield
http://www.geeetech.com/wiki/index.php/Arduino_MP3_shield_board_with_TF_card
Motor shield specs (Still in the mail)
http://yourduino.com/sunshop2/index.php?l=product_detail&p=292
DC Motors for spiders:
Micro Servo Motors for Crows:
http://elab.pk/en/servo-motors/65-servo-motor-9g-mini.html
Solenoid Specs for Falling Limb and Stump (there are two separate ones) (This is from my shopping cart so I'm not sure if you'll be able to open it, If not let me know)
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/free-shipping-Solenoid-Air-Valve-5port-2position-BSP-4V110-06-DC-12V/32295653345.html
So.... the questions.
- Is this doable?
- Will I need all three arduinos?
- Is phone wire acceptable to use to run most of this?
- What sketch do I use? (wow, this is almost me asking someone to write it for me. As awesome and great as that would be I am willing to do leg work on this, I'm just running out of time)
- Does anyone have any suggestions regarding the project to make it more scary/amazing?