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Chris Grote: September 2012
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Thursday, September 20, 2012. Pneumatic Jack in the Box, Part 2. Make sure you view all the videos posted in Part 1. The ELK-120 sound board can pull up to 2A@12VDC and the mouth servo may require more current @5VDC than the Arduino's voltage regulator can support, so I went with a dual-output power supply that provides 12VDC and 5VDC outputs. However, the Arduino and the DF Robot Relay boards all need 9VDC. Power from the voltage regulator's output to which the other boards are also connected. On the re...
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Chris Grote: October 2012
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Thursday, October 25, 2012. Wired remote volume control for ClearOne Gentner AP800 matrix mixer. How to use the Arduino microcontroller to remotely control this matrix mixer. This unit will work fine for my particular application, Halloween sound effect playback. I am using this matrix mixer to control the relative levels of different kinds of wind and music played through two sets of stereo speakers. The remote has a dim red LED to indicate that it is connected to the base station and is receiving power...
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Chris Grote: QLab serial projector control with AppleScript
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Monday, January 19, 2015. QLab serial projector control with AppleScript. If you are using QLab for video cues, I suggest having it triggered by the light board as most projections need to be synchronized with lighting. That way projected scenery will fade in and out with area lighting during scene changes. It is fairly easy to connect a USB MIDI interface. Between the Mac and the "MIDI OUT" of your light board. Tripp Lite makes an excellent VGA Serial extender. That works over CAT5 cable. With OS X Mave...
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Chris Grote: March 2012
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Thought I could simply plug in my wonderful GN Netcom 4800 headset into my Polycom Soundpoint Pro home office phone but no, a special adapter is required to adapt the RJ9 connection from the Netcom to the 3/32" subminiature phone jack on the Polycom. I found an adapter on the internet with Polycom part number 2457-11095-002 and ordered it, only to find that its bulky shape didn't quite work with the location of the jack on the Polycom phone. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Chris Grote: Wired remote volume control for ClearOne Gentner AP800 matrix mixer
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Thursday, October 25, 2012. Wired remote volume control for ClearOne Gentner AP800 matrix mixer. How to use the Arduino microcontroller to remotely control this matrix mixer. This unit will work fine for my particular application, Halloween sound effect playback. I am using this matrix mixer to control the relative levels of different kinds of wind and music played through two sets of stereo speakers. The remote has a dim red LED to indicate that it is connected to the base station and is receiving power...
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Chris Grote: UV LED miniature spotlights with snoot
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011. UV LED miniature spotlights with snoot. I hate when people can see the light bulbs! What's nice about ultraviolet lighting is the amount of visible light is much less. An object painted with fluorescent paint shifts the UV light into the visible spectrum. Sells a 380nm 20mW UV LED for $0.67. The part number is RL5-UV0230-380. Ohm's Law is I = V / R, where I=current in Amps, V=Volts, R=resistance in Ohms. Equal 193.88 ohms, which is close enough. Resistors come in differ...Keep ...
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Chris Grote: April 2011
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Friday, April 15, 2011. I've been hearing about a concoction made from 5 parts drywall mud and 1 part latex paint called Monster Mud. That can be used to dress up Halloween props. Bloodsworth Manor has a cool coffin. Covered with the stuff. Speaking of coffins, I need to get cracking on learning pneumatics and try to build an automatic open/close coffin before October. Friday, April 8, 2011. I'll draw a grid spaced at one-inch intervals so that the gameboard can also be used as a battlemat. Apply wood st...
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THE RADIO BUILDER: Toy's mouth motion by servo
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See how do those circuits work! If you liked my blog click some ads :). Saturday, October 13, 2012. Toy's mouth motion by servo. Build Your Own Mouth Animation. Monstrous creatures are more convincing if they. Like move or talk. Talking monsters make your haunt a graveyard smash, but how do you do it? In 2002, it became difficult to find pre-assembled talking gadgets that could be modified for Halloween use. Suddenly, it became more practical - and important - to be able to build your own from scratch.
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ScareFX.com : Halloween Resources
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Halloween Home Haunts, Yard Haunts, and Haunting Information, Techniques, and Resources. Follow Us On Twitter. This web site is our little contribution back to the Halloween and Haunting community. We hope it helps someone else with ideas that continue some of the great Halloween traditions. Thanks for visiting, while you're here take a look at some of our props. Or visit some of our favorite sites. Or send us an email. Or visit our blog. We'd love to hear from you. Rockin' Granny Wiper Motor Rocker.
