OpenCV is an amazing piece of software and the newer Pi's are getting the power to run real time image processing tasks, like face detection. www.youtube.com/watch However, OpenCv is not that user friendly, Lets make an at...
The skull is controlled by three servo's giving it three degree's of freedom, it also has Led's in the eyes to add a dramatic effect [see the later blogs] Degree's of freedom:>Up/down>Pan [side to side]>Head Tilt www.youtube.com/wa...
Unfortunately I couldn't finish the project before Halloween because I moved recently and didn't bring the right tools with me. However, I will continue the build and blogs. Different from my last blog Step by Step Build Trick or Trivia Hallo...
As I went about thinking on how to assemble the circuitry together to make a presentable project, I wasn't too happy with the idea of using the extended pin header for attaching the sensor board. However, I found that the GPIO connector on ...
Wrap up time! Sadly after cleaning, and testing and checking everything with my old foginator, it started having intermittent problems. Sometimes it would work, sometimes, nothing.Not having enough time to get a new one I changed over the ...
It all works nicely, as of this afternoon. I simplified the audio because I did not get my Raspberry Pi audio cable ready. With as many Raspberry Pi B+ and newer that have been sold, I wonder why someone does not build audio ...
Well, halloween is basically over and it was a successful letdown. It poured rain tonight, we had about 6 kids. The kids liked the candy dispenser but loved the Wishing Hell. The dispencer had to be setup inside our (small) doorway, the Wishing Hell ...
To keep people upto date: The Animated grim has just been setup outside and it is epic! I have been mad busy making the thing after breaking a few parts. I will be blogging about the build early next week. Goodluck with the projects guys, ...
Welcome back to Project: Foginator 20000! In this installment we are going begin wrapping the build up by moving everything from the breadboard, to a prototyping PCB, and then placing it all into an enclosure. Then we will wrap everything...
I added startup for all the main pieces. On both Pis, this meant adding a line to near the bottom of /etc/rc.local. The line goes just above the exit line you see at the bottom. Here is what I added: sh /root/start_watching.s...
With Halloween tomorrow we be everyone is doing the last minute touches to their project. Chrystal and I had so much fun doing this we want to make it a tradition. Below is video of the dispenser and the Wishing Hell, hope you enjoy. Sorry in advance...
As I mentioned last time, I added a Raspberry Pi B+ to the project, basically to take advantage of its GPIO pins. Today, I was going to start interfacing the Arduino , which is driving the Neopixel stick. I had read that there was ...
#ShareTheScare this HalloweenVisit our Halloween space and find out how to win one of two Cel Robox 3D Printers. There are two ways to win:Build and document your past or present Halloween projects.Tweet your best engineering spook with #ShareT...
I got a box of nice parts to build my copy of the Foginator 2000 My biggest confusion was what to do about the other parts I would need. I did not know if they were arriving seperately or whether I needed to order them. As tim...
This is my second blog entry about this project. I must have saved the first one to the wrong area on Element14, and I'll work on moving it after I finish this entry. As I mentioned in part 1, I could not get the special pin extend...
#ShareTheScare this HalloweenVisit our Halloween space and find out how to win one of two Cel Robox 3D Printers. There are two ways to win:Build and document your past or present Halloween projects.Tweet your best engineering spook with #ShareT...
As I read through Charles Gantt's blogs on the Foginator 2000, I saw that he used an off the shelf relay board to switch the fogger on and off. However, I didn't want to spend the money when I could just as easily create my own relay bo...
Hello everyone,Candi is almost ready to give to children. Tombstone is done, programming is 95% complete, treats are bought, infinity wishing well is almost complete. We have been very busy. We decided to have the children pick a ghost or ghoul to ra...
The Halloween projects from CyborgDistro are under way. This should show you some of the awesome Multi-Robot Pi-Borg costumes you can make with Raspberry Pi and a couple of inexpensive robot arms! We know you've always wanted to become a Pi-Borg -- n...
Quick update. The extra parts came in but when I attempted to replace GPIO header with no pins sticking out with one with extended GPIO pins I am having problems actually getting the new Header to slip on. I will attach a picture at botto...
