Post by majicide on Nov 19, 2018 21:07:37 GMT
Hello all,
I posted my entire issue originally on Reddit within the DIY Electronics subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/diyelectronics/comments/9xs04a/needs_help_wiring_diorama_sliding_door_special/) without a single response. As luck would have it, fellow diorama-maker, Luke Towan, published a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMwHeNX41CA ) a few days later detailing how he used a programmable servo to control a horizontally siding door. So, I also emailed that servo company (ServoCity.com) basically asking them the same, seeing if they could at least point me in the right direction, component-wise, within their own products, but they advised me to seek animatronic forums, so here I am.
I think it would be best if I copy/pasted here:
Basically, I want two 1:6 scale, custom-made, horizontally track-sliding doors that are controlled/governed operated by tiny motion sensors. When the motion sensors are tripped, it also triggers another controller that plays an approximate 3 second custom sound file that will be wired to a small, hidden speaker. I also need the doors to be able to auto-close after a set length of time (most likely 10-15 seconds, ballpark), and play a separate (if possible) ~3 second audio clip. The doors and corresponding sensors also have to work independently of one another (meaning if a sensor for door #1 is tripped, only door #1 is activated).
I am also going to be to wiring a variety of 3mm and smaller LEDS throughout the diorama that I was planning on wiring in parallel.
The plan is to have everything hopefully wired into the same power source (AC adapter) with two on/off switched - one master switch that controls electricity to the entire piece, and one smaller on/off switch to control the doors/sensors/audio.
1) Can my ideas for the doors/sensors/audio even work, and if so, will it work the way I describe?
2) How do I go about programming the sound clip to play? Do I have choices to what type of audio (.wav, .mp3, .ogg, .flac, etc.) I can choose from? Also, what choice in speakers do I have (I would prefer a max diameter of ~4 inches as I need the speaker to be between the doors)?
3) What am I going to need component/electronics-wise? I would prefer to have only one power source, so it will need to power everything from the doors/sensors/speakers to the LEDs.
4) How do I go about wiring the doors + effects? I'm still a total newbie (learning quick though!) with circuitry, so please keep it laymen's terms, please. I'm going to presume that this is going to require special circuit boards or servos.
ServoCity.com's email response basically explained that my ambitions would work with the correct programming, and seek animatronics folks.
I posted my entire issue originally on Reddit within the DIY Electronics subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/diyelectronics/comments/9xs04a/needs_help_wiring_diorama_sliding_door_special/) without a single response. As luck would have it, fellow diorama-maker, Luke Towan, published a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMwHeNX41CA ) a few days later detailing how he used a programmable servo to control a horizontally siding door. So, I also emailed that servo company (ServoCity.com) basically asking them the same, seeing if they could at least point me in the right direction, component-wise, within their own products, but they advised me to seek animatronic forums, so here I am.
I think it would be best if I copy/pasted here:
Basically, I want two 1:6 scale, custom-made, horizontally track-sliding doors that are controlled/governed operated by tiny motion sensors. When the motion sensors are tripped, it also triggers another controller that plays an approximate 3 second custom sound file that will be wired to a small, hidden speaker. I also need the doors to be able to auto-close after a set length of time (most likely 10-15 seconds, ballpark), and play a separate (if possible) ~3 second audio clip. The doors and corresponding sensors also have to work independently of one another (meaning if a sensor for door #1 is tripped, only door #1 is activated).
I am also going to be to wiring a variety of 3mm and smaller LEDS throughout the diorama that I was planning on wiring in parallel.
The plan is to have everything hopefully wired into the same power source (AC adapter) with two on/off switched - one master switch that controls electricity to the entire piece, and one smaller on/off switch to control the doors/sensors/audio.
I already own the LEDS, a 12V AC adapter, and some pigtail connectors for the adapter, and the resistors for the LEDs, but what else am I going to need, components/electronics-wise to make this happen?
The four major issues I face are:
1) Can my ideas for the doors/sensors/audio even work, and if so, will it work the way I describe?
2) How do I go about programming the sound clip to play? Do I have choices to what type of audio (.wav, .mp3, .ogg, .flac, etc.) I can choose from? Also, what choice in speakers do I have (I would prefer a max diameter of ~4 inches as I need the speaker to be between the doors)?
3) What am I going to need component/electronics-wise? I would prefer to have only one power source, so it will need to power everything from the doors/sensors/speakers to the LEDs.
4) How do I go about wiring the doors + effects? I'm still a total newbie (learning quick though!) with circuitry, so please keep it laymen's terms, please. I'm going to presume that this is going to require special circuit boards or servos.
ServoCity.com's email response basically explained that my ambitions would work with the correct programming, and seek animatronics folks.
