Raspberry Pi 4 Animatronic BD-1 Companion Robot -- Episode 445

Hi, how many servo do you need 

Wow! Thank you so much for this!

I will give this a go and see what I can do and update with a progress shot once I get it all implemented!

In the meantime, here are some shots of the build!

Hey Jeremy,

sorry it has been a while since I last logged in here, was taking some time off.

Thank you for the feedback. I'm not sure where you're placing the strips, but I'm guessing we're talking about the back of the head?

there are blocks of code for the colors here, every line represents a brightness step for the color in R, G, B

uint32_t bd1_orange[]= {

  pixels.Color(0, 0, 0),

  pixels.Color(6, 1, 0),

  pixels.Color(4, 3, 0),

  pixels.Color(2, 2, 2)

};

The values can go from 0 to 255

0, 0, 0 means it's black. When all numbers are the same like 2, 2, 2 it basically means it's white. If you want to get everything brighter, just multiply all the numbers, so you would end up like this:

factor 2:

uint32_t bd1_orange[]= {

  pixels.Color(0, 0, 0),

  pixels.Color(12, 2, 0),

  pixels.Color(8, 6, 0),

  pixels.Color(4, 4, 4)

};

factor 10:

uint32_t bd1_orange[]= {

  pixels.Color(0, 0, 0),

  pixels.Color(60, 10, 0),

  pixels.Color(40, 30, 0),

  pixels.Color(20, 20, 20)

};

hope it was a bit helpful, even though it was late! Curious to see your robot

I love this build!

I am currently working on building my own version!

I am using LED strip in place of singular LEDs, but the brightness is very low.

I am just learning Arduino and was wondering where in the code you can increase or decrease the default brightness value.

Is that possible with the BD1_Animation.ino script?

Again, this is an awesome build and would love your feedback!

Thanks!

Thanks Dubbie!

A great build and very entertaining. I especially liked the battery shooter and that is something I will have to think about for the future.

Dubbie

A little of both.

As I told Clem, I have seen a lot of presentation in my day, so unless something really fascinating catches my attention, I usually do not give the next start.

That said, when I do, you will know you did a very good job.

5 Stars and you can consider yourself an excellent presenter.

DAB

Thank you Ralph!
That definitely had an impact on my schedule, which is always hard to show in a 16 minute videos - so I try to share all these things, even if they seem obvious for some.

Thank you Mike, appreciate the comment!

Thank you DAB. One day I will make a video that gets 4 stars from you, but for now I'll take comfort in the consistency of your rating. Any words on how to improve things, or is it just not your topic?