good news, and bad news...
BAD NEWS...
the servo trigger idea worked with the IR sensor, just had to solder vcc from the board to vcc on IR for the sensor to get power. however, i wear glasses and need glasses to see clearly or else my eyes would cross, and this IR will NOT detect movement under glasses. it has to be fitted underneath the glasses for it to register, but if i did that, salt water from my eyes leaking from crying or yawns will get to the sensor and perminately damage it... also if this thing ever caught fire with the electronics in it, i would NEVER take it off fast enough as there are already quite a few numbers of flammable materials made with it, like foam, any type of fabric, sealer for the clay teeth/nose, etc. i am pretty picky when it comes to blinking/winking my eyes without using my hands when i wanna do activities, but any hands free way to blink the eyes (since my jaw moves with elastic bands when i move my jaw) requires some type of board to control it and some type of sensor that tracks your eyes (IR, CAMERA) and neither of those work when i need to wear glasses... there's no other options i like because most of them require a timer that blinks every (insert how many seconds you want here) seconds, or having to push a button with one finger or move the fingers to trigger the blink, and i don't like that. i don't want people see me twiddle my thumbs to make me blink, everybody will think i'm a costume or fake character and not a real living thing! it also takes lots of work and makes my muscles sore moving my fingers once every few seconds!
GOOD NEWS!
i have decided NOT to have my costume blink, because 1, the electronics don't work as i'd expect, 2, causes more frustration, 3, is more dangerous, and many more reasons!
also, when we first tested the board, the battery holder started smoking, and no movement from servo, connections were correct for the positive and negative, but turns out, MAYBE they were starting to touch but once we re soldered them on better, IT WORKS! we had to solder the vcc to the IR and to the board to get the IR sensor to get power, if we just soldered, input to output, gnd to gnd, no power. what we did was since there were an extra positive and negative spots for power, we soldered the vcc on the board to the vcc on the IR, and now the IR detects obstacles, movement, and lights!
all in all, my costume will still be wonderful without blinks or electronics, and it will be easier and SAFER!
