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Animatronic costume remote controller

FireHopperFireHopper Posts: 180
edited 2005-11-05 01:29 in Robotics
I have a costume with animatronic wings that I have been controlling via a wired pocket pc, I got tired of charging and having the pocket pc hard tethered. so I set about to figure out how to change that, I found a nice 12 channel wireless reciver/transmitter, and played around with a BS2 homeworkboard. found that it could work so I purchased a Oem BS2.

heres the pictures of the controller itself..
http://www.chameleon.net/~firehopper/wingcontroller/

and heres the url for the pictures of the actual costume

http://www.furnation.com/cryalith/renfaire2/

the code for the basic stamp is here

http://www.furnation.com/cryalith/wingpack.bs2

the wingpack is powered by D cells, inside is a SSC made by a friend, the basic stamp sends the commands serially via the debug/program port. So it's a perfect wireless fix. if anyone has any questions.. feel free to post and ask.. I will try and clarify anything. (or email me if ya like.. firehopper@verizon.net)

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  • BeanBean Posts: 8,129
    edited 2005-03-31 02:36
    I'd love to see a little video of the wings in action. Any chance ?
    Bean.

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2005-03-31 03:42
    FireHopper,

    ·· Very nice!· I too wouldn't mind seeing a little video of the animation.· I see you have an OEM BS2 in there.· I too have mounted mine inside the enclosure using the DB9 connector.· Although I never though of soldering the wires directly to the board.· That might have saved me some hassles with the SIP header connectors!



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  • FireHopperFireHopper Posts: 180
    edited 2005-03-31 12:06
    I will have to see about making one [noparse]:)[/noparse] what format of video would work best?
  • BeanBean Posts: 8,129
    edited 2005-03-31 14:31
    mpg works about the best.
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  • FireHopperFireHopper Posts: 180
    edited 2005-03-31 14:51
    divx?
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2005-03-31 17:45
    Whatever you come up with.· But pictures don't do something like that justice, so the video would really make it worthwhile.



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  • FireHopperFireHopper Posts: 180
    edited 2005-03-31 17:52
    I dunno if I'll get it done tonight.. it's raining. [noparse]:([/noparse]
  • bishopbishop Posts: 82
    edited 2005-04-01 17:23
    yeah video would be cool.

    good job on the suit.

    i found that just using microsofts movie maker (the newest download) that putting out video is quick and pretty painless.· it lets you set up for low quality for dialup or high quality for broadband.· its easy to use and will import just about any kind of video file.

    its no adobe premiere but if you dont care about·bells and whistles, and just want something to drag clips on to a timeline, add some titles and maybe some fades between scenes; that its a good solution.

    keep us posted.



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  • FireHopperFireHopper Posts: 180
    edited 2005-07-03 22:54
    I didn't forget this post. I'm going to have some fun with the suit and Hope to post either a few videos while there. or after I get back. [noparse]:)[/noparse] stay tuned
  • FireHopperFireHopper Posts: 180
    edited 2005-11-03 14:09
    Well.. I didn't forget. did capture video now.. encoded it into mpeg1 hopefully everyone can see [noparse]:)[/noparse]



    http://www.furnation.com/cryalith/wings.mpg

    1.3 megs or so..



    Please let me know what you think [noparse]:)[/noparse]
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,395
    edited 2005-11-04 04:42
    It's very cool and I laughed out loud. You look like you're ready to take flight in that suit.

    Nice work and inspiring, too. Make the ears move, too.

    - Ken
  • FireHopperFireHopper Posts: 180
    edited 2005-11-05 01:29
    it's thanks to your chips that the controller is nearly in finished form. Thanks for such wonderful chips
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