Previous posts for this project here:
My current progress:
Eyes are blinking, mouth is talking, and the eyes can be "poked". This post is more of a construction post, I will show my updated code and comments in my next post tomorrow.
One thing I am finding challenging is getting a pumpkin that is the right size for the face. Because the screen is tall but narrow, the face is out of proportion if I attempt to use the full screen. So I have opted to use half the screen. I am creating a pumpkin from scratch for this purpose, and the top portion of the screen will be covered by a hat. I am considering having a window in the hat to see the top of the screen. perhaps I can show a video here.
A few pics.
I started with half of a foam pumpkin, but the face is too round for the screen.
So I used a heat gun to flatten it out.
I traced the face onto a piece of paper.
Then I cutout the face.
This gave me a template on where to cut the face out on the pumkin
My version of a "hot knife" for cutting foam.
Cutting out the face.
Trial fitting to the Raspberry Pi Screen.
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