The Deer Head Project

Zombie-F · #1 06-03-2006

Tomorrow, I'll probably be starting to play around with my first Prop-1 project... converting one of those Wal-Mart singing deer heads into an Evil Dead 2 laughing deer head!

I'll be posting a bit of an "in-progress diary" to this thread as I make headway with the prop. This should be a good project to introduce me to the inner-workings of the Prop-1 controller and AP-8 sound board as it requires the use of a PIR, 3 servos to control and a series of sounds to play.

I know Jon at Parallax had done this project too a while back, but I can't seem to find his thread on it over at the Parallax forums.

gmacted · #2 06-03-2006

I'm thinking about using a Prop-1 controller also. I'm interested in the sound quality of the AP-8 sound player.

Zombie-F · #3 06-03-2006

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Originally Posted by gmacted

I'm interested in the sound quality of the AP-8 sound player.

As am I. I imagine it will be on par with the ISD Chipcorders. I simply couldn't justify buying an uMP3 for a project such as this. Perhaps for my talking skeletons project, but certainly not for a deer head that I'm only making laugh.

Torgen · #4 06-03-2006

As you "make headway."

*snicker*

Zombie-F · #5 06-03-2006

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Originally Posted by Torgen

As you "make headway."

*snicker*

Didn't take long for one of you guys to pick up on that bad pun.

"Bad pun..." that's a redundant phrase.

gmacted · #6 06-03-2006

Zombi-F,

Where do you find all the time for your projects and keep up with the forum? You must never sleep. I'm lucky to find a few hours a week for my projects. I usually like to try and keep them simple, but this year I'm starting semi-early in hopes of one very good project (MitB).

Zombie-F · #7 06-03-2006

This year, I haven't been very active with propbuilding. The deer head is the first real project for the year. I made a tombstone and started an obelisk earlier, but I need to get access to my workshop back before I can finish that.

And no, I don't sleep very well.

gmacted · #8 06-03-2006

I usually just have lots of nightmares. Too bad they don't give me ideas for new props.

bourno · #9 06-04-2006

Zombie,

Here is the deer hack from Parallax http://forums.parallax.com/forums/de...?f=22&m=125681

Curiously, the search did not find the topic by searching for deer, but was sure it was under the EFX folder.

Zombie-F · #10 06-04-2006

Thanks for the link bourno. Not too much info about what they did in that thread, but at least I know I hadn't been hallucinating. I'll have to query them a little bit as to what they did to get things to happen.

Anyhow, I did (barely) start in on this today. I only managed to open the back and remove some of the unnecessary electronics from the unit. I still have to figure out which wires do what with the motors and decide where to hook them up to the Prop-1. That's where some Parallax help comes in handy.

Here's a link to my photobucket for this one:

Deer Head pictures by Zombie-F - Photobucket