I want to have some blinking eyes, so this step is necessary. Poke 2 hole to fit the LEDs to the eye socket. I connected the common anode of both LED with a resistor so all together I have 3 cables running from
I lit these up by drilling a hole at the base of each eye (on the back side) and pushing in a standard 3mm white LED. Because I wanted to keep it so that the Yip Yip costume could be pulled off easily for repairs and battery swaps, I steered clear of wiring the LEDs to the pla...
For the front, we needed to work on the animatronic eyes and tail. To keep this flexible and simple, we opted to use a tiny Arduino to control individual servos. Each mechanism was independently installed and aligned, and the timing was exact with an adjustable angle once installed. The ...