Project14 | Winners Announcement: Electronic Toys for Fun and Learning!

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Congratulations to ravi_butani for DIY Smartphone controlled tiny plane as weekend project for children and parents You are the winner of the Grand Prize of a SNES Classic and a $200 Shopping Cart!

Congratulations to shabaz for Creating your own Handheld Electronic Games – Pocket Nim, fmilburn for the Rainbow Ukulele, luislabmo for Pimp my PICADE , and balearicdynamics for the The Musical Box! You are the First Place winners of the $100 Shopping Cart!

"Innovation is hard. It really is. Because most people don't get it. Remember, the automobile, the airplane, the telephone, these were all considered toys at their introduction because they had no constituency. They were too new." - Nolan Bushnell, American businessman and electrical engineer. Established Atari, Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre chain.

The Electronic Toys competition challenged you to build an electronic toy such as an executive toy, puzzle toy, educational toy, or cuddly toy. Or, you could create a techno toy from an existing toy by adding electronic innards. Toy design can be very sophisticated and its definitely big business. Games and toys often drive the electronics industry to develop new technology. The video game industry, a vehicle that's driven interest in computing and electronics engineering for many, comes to mind. There's not a project that was submitted that anyone would have an argument with choosing as a winner. For this winner's announcement we'll do something different. We'll talk about the many deserving projects that received votes but didn't win before turning our attention to the winners.

The following projects received first place votes from our community member judges:

connormiller worked on a wearables project that involved C/Python programming, sewing, soldering, Autodesk Fusion 360, and Circuit Design. It utilized a CO2 powered Gauntlet Webslinger, a Spidey Sense Rear Proximity Sensor to flag close objects, a Spidey Sense Rear Camera to use Microsoft Azure Machine Vision to report objects seen, and a small vibration motor that will rest on the neck and vibrate whenever the sensors report a danger. The result of the latest Raising Awesome video and you can check out the full project in Spider-Man: Into the Maker-Verse . In the first of three projects balearicdynamics decided to build a project for kids who were discovering Arduino for the first time. His objectives for the project were to make it easy to assemble and understand by a class of kids and to make the project components replicable as a medium-difficult assembly kit. As you would expect from a project from balearicdynamics, every box should have something original and he demonstrates that in The Useless Box. In a separate project, R2-D2 Arcade Live , he had the insane idea of setting-up the PiCade for live-action, control of an R2-D2 unit in a Star Wars simulated environment. Meanwhile, dubbie decided to try and make some sort of augmented reality game. Augmented Reality, as far as this project is concerned, is taking a video stream and processing it in some way and adding additional information on screen as an overlay. He's connected a PixyCam to his laptop and run the supplied PixyMon programme. He's trained the Pixycam to recognise yellow objects, in this case Lego men. Rather than sticking a complete laptop on the headset, he's used an LCD display connected via a HDMI cable. The trial LCD display is quite large but a much smaller one, probably 3.5 inches or maybe 5 inches, check out the video and first project blog post. This was the one project was on the bubble and almost declared a winner by the judges. You can check it out in ARBot #5 : The Final Working (after a fashion) System. mahmood.hassan built a small and fun DIY toy for little kids to teach them alphabets, numbers, shapes and much more in Kids Kingdom: Learn N Fun .

The following projects were chosen as your winners in the electronic toys competition:

ravi_butani was the Grand Prize Winner. In DIY Smartphone controlled tiny plane as weekend project for children and parents , he shows you how to build a DIY >$15 DIY Park Controller Plane using an ESP8266 and the Arduino IDE. This was a great STEM related toy build and a very interesting initiative to teach students electronics and aerodynamics. It involved cheap components and it was a highly detailed blog with lots of video. The plane was not only handmade, he also flew it well. The first place winners were all worthy winners as well. luislabmo pimped his picade using his engaving machine, doing some detailed engraving, and producing some superb visual effects in Pimp my PICADE. fmilburn built a rainbow ukulele so his 3 year old granddaughter didn't feel left out when he was attending to "Robot Summer Camp" with her older siblings in the Rainbow Ukulele. balearicdynamics built an mp3 player and its a winner in The Musical Box. For the music generation, he uses an Arduino UnoArduino Uno aiming to create a general-purpose mp3 with a reusable design in other projects. In this particular context the Arduino mp3 player should reproduce the classical musical-box sound; to build the circuit he has an Arduino Prototype Shield. The circuit is not particularly complex and also an Arduino NANO will work fine. The core of the mp3 music player includes all the features you would find in a commercial mp3 player such as a six level equalizer preset, track selection, volume control, amplified speaker output, and earphone output.

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Without further ado here are your winners...

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The Winners

The Grand Prize Winner

DIY Smartphone controlled tiny plane as weekend project for children and parents by ravi_butani:

Fuzzy Plant Watering System DIY Smartphone controlled tiny plane as weekend project for children and parents

"The idea of building a small plane using cheap components was incredible and is a very interesting initiative for teaching electronics and aerodynamics concepts in schools." - Community Member Judge

"This project achieved so much with so little and ravi_butani provided a highly detailed blog, delivering a step by step guide to the build." - Community Member Judge

"A great toy for a 3 year old. I particularly liked the fact that you got her involved in choosing the sounds to go on it. I'm sure she'll appreciate a personalized toy even more." - Community Member Judge

www.youtube.com/watch

Product Name
(2) Coreless DC motor with cw and ccw prop
ESP-12 or ESP-07 module
3.7V 180mAH 20C LiPo battery
(2) SI2302DS A2SHB SOT23 MOSFET
(5) 3.3kOhms 1/10 watt smd or 1/4 watt through hole resistors
1N4007 smd or through hole diode
TP4056 1S 1A Lipo Charger module
2 male and 1 female mini JST connector
(2-3) Barbecue sticks
50cm x 50cm 3mm depron sheet or any rigid 3mm foam sheet
Single core insulated jumper wire
Nodemcu or cp2102 USB to UART converter as programmer for upload firmware to esp8266
Scotch Tape
Super Glue
Hobby grade Soldering Tools
Surgical Blade with blade holder
Hot glue gun
Scale
Computer having Arduino IDE with ESP8266 Arduino Core
Android Mobile phone

"DIY Smartphone Controlled Plane, great description with lots of pictures." - Community Member Judge

"A very cool project! Great documentation and amazing results shown in the video." - Community Member Judge

"Top Place: This goes to ravi_butani for his airplane as I thought the whole design was fun, modern and clever. I used to love model planes - chuck gliders and rubber band models so this really took me back to the 70's/80's and toys. It also seemed to work so well. Personally I would have accidentally crashed it on that maiden flight so another well done to him for the pilot skills." - Community Member Judge

"I'm particularly impressed that the plane was handmade and that it flew so well." - Community Member Judge

First Place Winners

Creating your own Handheld Electronic Games – Pocket Nim by shabaz :

Creating your own Handheld Electronic Games - Pocket Nim

"I loved the idea of the project, mainly because they use games as a motivating factor for teaching electronics, 3D printing, and programming." - Community Member Judge

"Creating Your Own Handheld Electronic Games, great build well described." - Community Member Judge

www.youtube.com/watch

"As usual, flawless build with excellent documentation along the way. Nice to see his nephews trying out the prototype and seeing the design process in action." - Community Member Judge

Product Name	Manufacturer	Quantity
C1 10u Aluminium	Kemet	1	Buy NowBuy Now
J1, J3 2-pin SIL Header	Multicomp	2	Buy NowBuy Now
Shorting Link 2.54mm	Harwin	1	Buy NowBuy Now
20-way SIL header (break into 8/8/4)	Multicomp	1	Buy NowBuy Now
Piezo Disc	Pro Signal	1	Buy NowBuy Now
2 x AAA Battery Holder	Keystone	1	Buy NowBuy Now
Slide Switch	C&K	1	Buy NowBuy Now
Tact Switch	Multicomp	5	Buy NowBuy Now
U1 XMC 2Go XMC1100 Board	Infineon	1	Buy NowBuy Now
Enclosure	Hammond	1	Buy NowBuy Now

Product Name
D1 8x8 LED Matrix
PCB 69 x 60 mm
(5) Plastic button caps

"This was one amazing project. Highly documented with great images/illustrations made this a very enjoyable read and highly educational." - Community Member Judge

"Great to see him testing it with the next generation of engineers although maybe a bit harsh to scroll 'looser' across the screen to them :-) This was a very well packaged up toy, again taking me back to the 80's when LCD games were the rage (and cutting edge)." - Community Member Judge

the Rainbow Ukulele by fmilburn:

the Rainbox Ukelele

"A fun project, built for a grandchild, how could anything be better." - Community Member Judge

players.brightcove.net/.../index.html

Product Name
Scrap plywood
Adafruit Feather M4 Express
Adafruit Prop-Maker Wing (has amplifier and speaker connections)
Lots of buttons
A ring with WS21812 "NeoPixels"
Speaker removed from a junked printer
Wire and stuff

"A fun project presented in an easy to build manner with great end results." - Community Member Judge

"A great toy for a 3 year old. I particularly liked the fact that you got her involved in chosing the sounds to go on it. I'm sure she'll appreciate a personalized toy even more." - Community Member Judge

Pimp my PICADE by luislabmo:

Pimp my PICADE

"The 1st runner up was the Pimp my PICADE by luislabmo for his use of the engraving machine and led display." - Community Member Judge

"I really liked the high quality of the build and implementation to produce some superb visual effects." - Community Member Judge

players.brightcove.net/.../index.html

Product Name	Manufacturer	Quantity
Arduino Pro Mini	Adafruit	1	Buy NowBuy Now
Picade	Pimoroni	1	Buy NowBuy Now
Creality CR-10S	Creality	1	Buy NowBuy Now
3D Printer Filament	Ultimaker	1	Buy NowBuy Now

Product Name
Custom PCB
7 individually addressable RGB LEDs

"A very cool hack, packed with some great tool development. A definite improvement to your gaming console." - Community Member Judge

The Musical Box by balearicdynamics:

The Musical Box

"The 2nd runner up was the Musical Box by balearicdynamics for his usage of simple but effective sound and light. The side motor for the pointer was effective with the windup sound." - Community Member Judge

www.youtube.com/watch

Product Name	Manufacturer	Quantity
Arduino Uno	Arduino	1	Buy NowBuy Now
bbc micro:bit	bbc micro:bit	1	Buy NowBuy Now
All-in-one Robotics Board For micro:bit	Kitronik	1	Buy NowBuy Now
Keysight 1230 Series Multimeter	Keysight	1	Buy NowBuy Now

Product Name
Arduino Prototype Shield
DFPlayer Mini Mp3
(5) DC Motors
3D Print Parts
Cardboard Boxes

"Creating Your Own Handheld Electronic Games, great build well described." - Community Member Judge

"Musical Box, cool build well described." - Community Member Judge

Honorable Mention

The following projects received first place votes from the community member judges:

Spider-Man: Into the Maker-Verse by connormiller:

Spider-Man: Into the Maker-Verse

Product Name	Manufacturer	Quantity
Raspberry Pi 3 Model A	Raspberry Pi	1	Buy NowBuy Now
RPI NOIR CAMERA BOARD	Raspberry Pi	1	Buy NowBuy Now
Raspberry Pi Sense HAT	Raspberry Pi	1	Buy NowBuy Now
3D Printer Filament	Ultimaker	1	Buy NowBuy Now
HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor	MCM	1	Buy NowBuy Now

Product Name
330 Ohm Resistor
470 Ohm Resistor
2n2222 NPN Transistor
1N4007 Diode
LM2596 DC to DC Buck Converter 3.0-40V to 1.5-35V Power Supply Step Down Module
12mm x 2.7mm Cellphone Vibration DC Micro Motor 3V 70mA 12000RPM
16 gram 3/8"-24 CO2 Cartridge
CYCPLUS CO2 Inflator Bicycle Tire Pump
1/4" Clear Vinyl Tubing tubing
Kevlar® Braided Cord 500lb High Strength Low Stretch Tent Tarp Guyline
1/4" Steel Rod Stock (for metal hook, alternately it can be 3D Printed)

"The final runner up was Spider-Man: Into the Maker-Verse by connormiller on account of his sewing and using many instruments for design. He has a fertile mind and good focus for the results." - Community Member Judge

The Useless Box by balearicdynamics :

The Useless Box

"Useless Box, good description and build instructions." - Community Member Judge

"As usual, balearicdynamics has produced a highly unique and entertaining project delivered in a well detailed blog." - Community Member Judge

Product Name	Manufacturer	Quantity
Arduino Uno	Arduino	1	Buy NowBuy Now

Product Name
Starter Kit
Servo Arm
Minion
Plywood
Battery

ARBot by dubbie:

ARBot

"I wish to add a honorable mention for ARBot by dubbie. A great blog about many things especially the mobile robot truck. He may not have had success, but it was very good to instruct others to face adversity up front..." - Community Member Judge

"I found the integration between digital image processing and augmented reality of this project very cool. The project was very well documented by the author and can be applied to many games with children." - Community Member Judge

"For a project that didn't quite meet his aspirations, but plenty of effort was expended, I think this goes to dubbie's augmented reality project. It was fun and just along the lines of how many projects go - also nice to see I'm not the only one that struggles to get a motor traction :-)" - Community Member Judge

Product Name	Manufacturer	Quantity
Arduino MKR Zero	Arduino	1	Buy NowBuy Now

Product Name
PixyCam
2 Yellow Lego Men
BN0055 Rotation Sensor
Servo Motor
SongMi Virtual Reality Glasses headset
mobile robot chassis

Kids Kingdom: Learn N Fun by mahmood.hassan:

Kids Kingdom: Learn N Fun

"Building electronic equipment for children's entertainment and teaching is very interesting." - Community Member Judge

"I played around with those RM/GUI software packages before but never made much progress. Where as mahmood.hassan seems to have got it covered very well and has built a great educational toy. It could actually be sold IMO." - Community Member Judge

Product Name	Manufacturer	Quantity
STM32F746NG discovery kit	ST	1	Buy NowBuy Now

Product Name
TouchGFX Designer
Keil MDK

R2-D2 Arcade Live by balearicdynamics:

R2-D2 Arcade Live

"A nice mash-up between two products. I have to also give him credit for managing 3 entries!" - Community Member Judge

Product Name	Manufacturer	Quantity
Picade	PIMORONI	1	Buy NowBuy Now
Raspberry Pi 3B+	Raspberry Pi	1	Buy NowBuy Now
RPI Camera	Raspberry Pi	1	Buy NowBuy Now

Product Name
R2-D2 Droid

What's Happening Now

There's always stuff going on in the community and the best ideas always come from you. Suggest your idea in the Monthly Poll, and vote on the themes you want to do projects on. Build projects that scavenge energy from sources such as solar, vibrations, heat, etc. and store them in an associated storage such as rechargeable batteries, super capacitors, etc. in the Energy Harvesting competition. Or, your project can be either a vision based project involving anything that is related to Computer Vision and Machine Learning , Camera Vision and AI based projects, or Deep Learning. Or, it can be a graphics project involving something graphical such as graphics such adding a graphical display to a microcontroller, image processing on a microcontroller, image recognition interface a camera to a microcontroller, or FPGA - camera interfacing/image in the Vision Thing competition.

Energy Harvesting	Vision Thing
Project14 \| Energy Harvesting: Build Projects that Scavenge Energy from Wasted Energy Sources!	Project14 \| Vision Thing: Build Things Using Graphics, AI, Computer Vision, & Beyond!

Energy Harvesting	Vision Thing

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