Iron man electronics add ons

toxicvenom

toxicvenom

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So I have been working on the posts here to open the face plate and work the eyes, only just started with Arduino.
Has anyone added the sounds and maybe rf remote , I have the servo and led working on the Uno and breadboard , now trying to transfer to a nano or mini, trying to run before I walk as usual ,would buy the plans and sketch if it was available..?
 
nano or pro-mini should be direct drop-in replacements for the UNO board.

*Note: the pro-minis do -not- have a USB socket, so you will need to buy a FTDI type programmer (I use a CP2102 based one...costs roughly $1-$2.00 USD)

The audio is a little bit more complicated.. as you'll need extra parts..

either a shield.. or some other add-on board..

(or try to make your own using a DAC, SD card and an AMP)...

Outlining and understand your 'wants' will help dictate where and what parts you need.


Same type of approach I used here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTXt8l2XH-Q (if its not blocked)

had some copy right issues with the AC/DC audio I guess
 
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the soundfx board looks good....by the look of the switches each trigger a different sound?
could the arduino then trigger each sound at the same time as triggering the servo and leds?
 
Thats exactly want i want to do , now its just working it out LOL....


xl97 said:
nano or pro-mini should be direct drop-in replacements for the UNO board.

*Note: the pro-minis do -not- have a USB socket, so you will need to buy a FTDI type programmer (I use a CP2102 based one...costs roughly $1-$2.00 USD)

The audio is a little bit more complicated.. as you'll need extra parts..

either a shield.. or some other add-on board..

(or try to make your own using a DAC, SD card and an AMP)...

Outlining and understand your 'wants' will help dictate where and what parts you need.


Same type of approach I used here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTXt8l2XH-Q (if its not blocked)

had some copy right issues with the AC/DC audio I guess
Click to expand...
 
The Adafruit board linked to above will work..

and yes, I believe can be triggered by an Arduino pin vs a physical 'switch'

but most of the other 'players' will work as well I would imagine.


(depends on if you want gapless/seamless play back of a looping sound.. then your options get smaller)

DFPlayer
WT588D-16 boards

I think there are several variants of that last one too

-20?

and maybe even some that ise a micro SD card instead f loading sounds directly to the board..


(IMHO.. having sounds housed on a microSD card is the better/best option)
 
toxicvenom said:
the soundfx board looks good....by the look of the switches each trigger a different sound?
could the arduino then trigger each sound at the same time as triggering the servo and leds?
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yeah you can setup the code to activate the servos, lights etc in the code along with triggering the sound. That's how I did it originally in my mk42 gauntlet, it worked out good but I figured a way simpler method for iron man gauntlet.
 
so did you revert to a wave/sd card board connected to the arduino ?
I need to step back and learn more ,got to stop trying to get the best final
result straight away , everyone else had to start at the beginning LOL...
 
For the simpler version, sparkfun actually makes an arduino that will play .mp3's. When I say simpler method for it, I mean it was actually less hardware to setup but a lot more code.
 
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devildog12

what board are you referring to from Sparkfun?

The Lilypad/MP3 board?

From your video though.. it doesnt look like that one though.. (video makes it look like an UNO?)
 
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xl97 said:
@devildog12

what board are you referring to from Sparkfun?

The Lilypad/MP3 board?

From your video though.. it doesnt look like that one though.. (video makes it look like an UNO?)
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yeah in that particular video, i believe i was using the uno and adafruit soundfx board.
 
markseven said:
Interested in your simplification for the repulsors. Do you have a code setup we can use?
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I believe that this is the code I used. I've had a hard-drive crash in the last couple of months with all my files but essentially this code ties the soundboard to a ground when a specific sensor value is met along with changing the colors of replusor rings. I'm not 100% sure this the code I used but I'm pretty sure. When you do the soundfx board setup, you have a total of 2 different boards, the arduino and soundfx board however, when you do the lilypad mp3 board from sparkfun, you have a single board but a whole more code.

Code: 
#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>
#include <avr/power.h>


#define PIN 4
#define PIN1 5 
#define PIN2 6
#define PIN3 7
#define PIXELSM_PIN 8   
#define PIXELLG_PIN 10
#define PIXELSM_COUNT 7
#define PIXELLG_COUNT 12
int delayval = 250;
int RepBright = 0;
const int muscleSensor = A1;
int sensorValue = 0;


Adafruit_NeoPixel sml_ring = Adafruit_NeoPixel(PIXELSM_COUNT, PIXELSM_PIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);
Adafruit_NeoPixel lrg_ring = Adafruit_NeoPixel(PIXELLG_COUNT, PIXELLG_PIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);


uint32_t black = lrg_ring.Color(0,0,0);


void setup() {
  #if defined (__AVR_ATtiny85__)
  if (F_CPU == 16000000) clock_prescale_set(clock_div_1);
#endif
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  Serial.begin(9600);
  
  sml_ring.begin();
  lrg_ring.begin();
  sml_ring.show(); // Initialize all pixels to 'off'
  lrg_ring.show(); // Initialize all pixels to 'off'
  
  startupLrg();
  startupSml();
}


void loop() {
  setupSound(PIN);
  setupSound1(PIN1);
  setupSound2(PIN2);
  reset(PIN3);
  sensorValue = analogRead(muscleSensor);


  Serial.print("sensor = " );                       
  Serial.println(sensorValue);      
  //delay(200);
 
  if (sensorValue > 300)
  {
    //delay(100);
  
  RepBright = 255; 
  //sml_ring.setBrightness(RepBright);
 //sml_ring.show();
  lrg_ring.setBrightness(RepBright);
  lrg_ring.show();
  warmUp(PIN, PIN3);
  delay(500);
  explode(PIN2, PIN3);
 
  
  delay(50); 
  for(RepBright; RepBright>19; RepBright--) {
    //sml_ring.setBrightness(RepBright);
    lrg_ring.setBrightness(RepBright);
   //sml_ring.show();  
    lrg_ring.show();
    
     delay(2); 
    
    
    
  }
  delay(250);
 powerDown(PIN1, PIN3);
  startupLrg();
  //delay(125);
   
}
}
   
void setupSound (int pin){
 pinMode(pin,OUTPUT);
 digitalWrite(pin, HIGH);
}




void warmUp (int pin, int pin1){
 digitalWrite(pin, LOW);
 delay(250);
 digitalWrite(pin,HIGH);
 delay(250);


 
 digitalWrite(pin1, LOW);
 delay(250);
 digitalWrite(pin1,HIGH);
 delay(250);
 digitalWrite(pin1, LOW);
}


void setupSound1 (int pin1){
  pinMode(pin1, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(pin1, HIGH);
}


void powerDown (int pin, int pin1){
  digitalWrite(pin, LOW);
  delay(250);
  digitalWrite(pin,HIGH);


  digitalWrite(pin1, LOW);
  delay(250);
   digitalWrite(pin1,HIGH);
 delay(250);
 digitalWrite(pin1, LOW);


  
}


void setupSound2 (int pin2){
  pinMode(pin2, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(pin2,HIGH);
}


void explode (int pin, int pin1){
   digitalWrite(pin, LOW);
  delay(250);
  digitalWrite(pin,HIGH);


  digitalWrite(pin1, LOW);
  delay(250);
   digitalWrite(pin1,HIGH);
 delay(250);
 digitalWrite(pin1, LOW);
}
void setupReset (int pin3){
  pinMode(pin3, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(pin3, HIGH);
}
void reset (int pin3){
  digitalWrite(pin3, LOW);
 delay(100);
 digitalWrite(pin3,HIGH);
 delay(100);
 digitalWrite(pin3, LOW);
}




void colorWipe(uint32_t c, uint8_t wait) {
  sml_ring.setPixelColor(5, c);
  sml_ring.setPixelColor(6, c);
  sml_ring.show();
  delay(wait);
  sml_ring.setPixelColor(4, c);
  sml_ring.setPixelColor(7, c);
  sml_ring.show();
  delay(wait);
  sml_ring.setPixelColor(3, c);
  sml_ring.setPixelColor(8, c);
  sml_ring.show();
  delay(wait);
  sml_ring.setPixelColor(2, c);
  sml_ring.setPixelColor(9, c);
  sml_ring.show();
  delay(wait);
  sml_ring.setPixelColor(1, c);
  sml_ring.setPixelColor(10, c);
  sml_ring.show();
  delay(wait);
  sml_ring.setPixelColor(0, c);
  sml_ring.setPixelColor(11, c);
  sml_ring.show();
  delay(wait);
}


void colorWipe1(uint32_t c, uint8_t wait) {
  lrg_ring.setPixelColor(5, c);
  lrg_ring.setPixelColor(6, c);
  lrg_ring.show();
  delay(wait);
  lrg_ring.setPixelColor(4, c);
  lrg_ring.setPixelColor(7, c);
  lrg_ring.show();
  delay(wait);
  lrg_ring.setPixelColor(3, c);
  lrg_ring.setPixelColor(8, c);
  lrg_ring.show();
  delay(wait);
  lrg_ring.setPixelColor(2, c);
  lrg_ring.setPixelColor(9, c);
  lrg_ring.show();
  delay(wait);
  lrg_ring.setPixelColor(1, c);
  lrg_ring.setPixelColor(10, c);
  lrg_ring.show();
  delay(wait);
  lrg_ring.setPixelColor(0, c);
  lrg_ring.setPixelColor(11, c);
  lrg_ring.show();
  delay(wait);
}


/*void fire(){


 //delay(100);
 
  RepBright = 255; 
  //sml_ring.setBrightness(RepBright);
 //sml_ring.show();
  lrg_ring.setBrightness(RepBright);
  lrg_ring.show();
  delay(125); 
  for(RepBright; RepBright>19; RepBright--) {
    //sml_ring.setBrightness(RepBright);
    lrg_ring.setBrightness(RepBright);
   //sml_ring.show();  
    lrg_ring.show();
     delay(2); 
   
  } 
  
}*/


void startupLrg(){
    for (int i = 0;255  > i; i++)
  {
      
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(0,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(1,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(2,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(3,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(4,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(5,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(6,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(7,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(8,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(9,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(10,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(11,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.show();
      delay(10);
  }
 // delay(250);
      for (int i = 255;255  > i; i--)
  {
      
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(0,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(1,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(2,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(3,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(4,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(5,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(6,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(7,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(8,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(9,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(10,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.setPixelColor(11,(i,i,i));
      lrg_ring.show();
      delay(10);
  }
    
}


void startupSml(){
    for (int i = 0;200  > i; i++)
  {
      
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(0,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(1,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(2,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(3,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(4,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(5,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(6,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(7,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(8,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(9,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(10,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(11,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.show();
      delay(10);
  }
 // delay(250);
      for (int i = 200;200> i; i--)
  {
      
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(0,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(1,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(2,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(3,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(4,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(5,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(6,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(7,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(8,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(9,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(10,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.setPixelColor(11,(i,i,i));
      sml_ring.show();
      delay(10);
  }
    
}
 
so far for me, the sparkfun board has been the secret to getting sound to my props *however* it doesn't have as many I/O ports as a regular arduino. I think it has like 5 trigger I/O's and I think if you don't add the additional rotary encoder (you'd only use that if you were going to use it as mp3 player?) that you'd have access to up to I think 7 more additional digital I/O's. One of downsides to this board is that it runs at 3.3v but you need a 5v FTDI programmer to program it. (That's really stupid and I have no idea how it works that way.) But overall it's a really awesome board - pretty much you have an arduino, sd card shield, and mp3 shield along with a very small amplifier all rolled into one. That's the perfect setup for the Iron Man gauntlet/ hand replusor. It's decent enough size to fit into the glove itself along with having the standard JST connector for using standard rechargable 3.7 lipo batteries. Oh and there's a built in on/off switch on it as well. Here's the link for it, a little expensive I thought but for the functionalities it has, it's pretty awesome. https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11013 . The code is a little ridiculous, but remember your pretty much pulling information off of one "shield" and putting it onto another for the mp3 player shield to play.
 
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Nice..

heres my 'secret'.. (although I made it myself)


Here it is (on the left).. next to an Adruino Uno with an Adafruit Waveshield next to it for size comparison
all-in-one_2.jpg


all-in-one_1.jpg


all-in-one_3.jpg


thats my 'brain' for most of my projects (if they need sound)..

heres a different custom board I made (if I dont need sound).. still has microSD socket though (never know when you need one)

uSDuino_top2.jpg


uSDuino_bottom.jpg
 
markseven said:
@xl97 I think that "yeah" was for the LilyPad mp3.
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hmm.. I thought it was for agreement about the use of an Uno in the video?


either way... it looks to be the Lilypad version I saw on Sparkfun.



devildog12

have you tried to play a 'loop' with your 'player'?

Does it seamless/gapless playback (might be hard to an .mp3 with header stuff?)... but maybe it compensates for it in/with a buffer?
 
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How does the sound board connect to the nono?
Do you want to share your
plan and sketch ..
I find it easier to follow a plan of instructions
And I don't mean for free..
 
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