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Nice! Now the interesting part is what you connect to the rellay or what do you activate with when you are near the sensor

Hi there! Happy new year too!When you connect the speakUp the Arduino turns off? Or why it is going back to “mmh hola”?Maybe the speak up is demmanding too much current or there is a short between the pins or something Also... Yeah, the Itead touch screen is giving you a lot of errors... thats weird... did you try uploading the code again already? Let me know,Sorry, I’ll try to be more arround to answer your questions

I’m sorry for the late repply, Im not in my lab yet, dont worry it is just a simple example to use the nextion display communication with the arduino, you dont need it if everything is working fine with the screen :)

Thank you! I know, the thing that I like from this one is that I can point it to another side and make the light look more natural but yes, a real flash will always be the winner

Hi! Those are great news!Dont worry abour the time it is simple to “fix” you have to upload the arduino sketch and then WOTHOUT disconecting the arduino go to the sketch and comment the line inside the “SetUp” that goes something like... “RTC SET TIME” or something like that (I dont have a comouter near me at the moment to see the code) then upload the skecth again and the time will stay correct if you unplug it.And I dont find the “voz_2” file, in wich folder did you found it? Yes, the position in the center is 90º if Twinky goes left or right the position value will change to be sure that Twinky doesnt try to do the whole turn and damege the cables or the motor, try to make it go to 0º or 180º if the motor that you are using is different you might need to change a few lines in the cod...

Hi! Those are great news!Dont worry abour the time it is simple to “fix” you have to upload the arduino sketch and then WOTHOUT disconecting the arduino go to the sketch and comment the line inside the “SetUp” that goes something like... “RTC SET TIME” or something like that (I dont have a comouter near me at the moment to see the code) then upload the skecth again and the time will stay correct if you unplug it.And I dont find the “voz_2” file, in wich folder did you found it? Yes, the position in the center is 90º if Twinky goes left or right the position value will change to be sure that Twinky doesnt try to do the whole turn and damege the cables or the motor, try to make it go to 0º or 180º if the motor that you are using is different you might need to change a few lines in the code, Just if you hear the motor struggling at 0 and 180

Found it, Reloj.adjust(DateTime(F(__DATE__), F(__TIME__))); This line should be uncomment to set the correct timeThen upload the same sketch but as a comment and the time will be set forever

Hi there,Well... I've never use an Intel Galileo but the most important thing here is the audio library, if there is one for the Galileo board and there is a functional output pin then it would work, I think...The pin is very important, in the Arduino Mega there is only 1 functional pin, the 46, even when almos all the pins are available for PWM, not all of them will work as a speaker, I think this is something that is declared in the library. Give it a try and let me know :)

Wow! You are doing a great job! And no, haha I'm not mad at all (I already saw your other comment) Great! Yes, Escuchando means listening, if you dont hear anthing it might be the audio files on the SD card, but if you format it as FAT and then upload them again it should work, also check that the output signal is at Pin 46 and also... you might need a bigger amplifier, it will work but a 12 or 24V amplifier works much better.

Well is really easy, there are plenty of tutorials of how to read a IR remote control with arduino, there is a library for it.Then you only need add some “if” sentences. (This is one way to do it)“If(bla bla bla IR read == Up){ bla bla bla.play(music);}Something like that

If the program dont detect the RTC module an error will appear in the serial monitorThe same with the SD moduleIf everything is fine then the Serial monitor will show you a “Todo Ok” message and Twinky will say “Mmmmhhh Hola” this its twinky waking up.

Well thats weird, The sketch its the exact same that I upload into my Twinky, those lines of pinMode declaration are not essential buy you can try, but now that I remember.. I made a few codelines for comments of errors, If you open the serial monitor while running the Twinky_2 what does it tells you? You can use this tool to see the step that the program is into it.If there is a trouble with the RTC the program simply wont start at all.Also, if you can send me some pictures of your connections culd be usefull I really think that the problem will be in another module

Ok ok, the mics need to be calibrated, they are not just plug and play, thats why one of them is flickering and the other is always on, you have to turn the potentiometer with a screwdriver untill you get the best result.Lets try somethin easyer, I'm going to update a new small sketch to calibrate the mics, (at the drive) with this you need to connect the mics and two leds like the picture, then upload the sketch and try to make them work, open the Serial Terminal to see whats going on.To calibrate them... NONE OF THEM should send a high signal when the room is silent. Then make a small sound like clapping on one of the sides and ONLY ONE of the mics should detect this, you should see the "right" or "left" on the serial monitor and the corresponding 5mm led should tu...

Ok ok, the mics need to be calibrated, they are not just plug and play, thats why one of them is flickering and the other is always on, you have to turn the potentiometer with a screwdriver untill you get the best result.Lets try somethin easyer, I'm going to update a new small sketch to calibrate the mics, (at the drive) with this you need to connect the mics and two leds like the picture, then upload the sketch and try to make them work, open the Serial Terminal to see whats going on.To calibrate them... NONE OF THEM should send a high signal when the room is silent. Then make a small sound like clapping on one of the sides and ONLY ONE of the mics should detect this, you should see the "right" or "left" on the serial monitor and the corresponding 5mm led should turn on.This is mostly try and error, once you are sure that the mics are detecting the right sounds each, then connect the motor instead of the LEDs, this should work... I hope.

Oh my... I am really really sorry, I mada a HUGE mistake on that schema... I am checking the code of the ARDUINO and the motor and the microphones are wrong...The correct connection will beA0 for one MicA1 for the other oneand A4 & A5 are the outputs for the motor... Again I'm really sorry to cause you that much trouble...You can fix it by code or you can fix it by hardware.I think that if you have everything on the Mega Shield the easiest way eill be the code,You only need to chenge a few lines in the main loop like so...void loop() { digitalWrite(R,HIGH); digitalWrite(G,HIGH); digitalWrite(B,HIGH); nexLoop(nex_listen_list); if(digitalRead(A4)==HIGH){ //A1 IS THE INPUT PIN FOR THE LEFT MICROPHONE Izquierdo(); } if(digitalRead(A5)==HIGH){ //A0 IS THE OUTPUT FOR THE...

Oh my... I am really really sorry, I mada a HUGE mistake on that schema... I am checking the code of the ARDUINO and the motor and the microphones are wrong...The correct connection will beA0 for one MicA1 for the other oneand A4 & A5 are the outputs for the motor... Again I'm really sorry to cause you that much trouble...You can fix it by code or you can fix it by hardware.I think that if you have everything on the Mega Shield the easiest way eill be the code,You only need to chenge a few lines in the main loop like so...void loop() { digitalWrite(R,HIGH); digitalWrite(G,HIGH); digitalWrite(B,HIGH); nexLoop(nex_listen_list); if(digitalRead(A4)==HIGH){ //A1 IS THE INPUT PIN FOR THE LEFT MICROPHONE Izquierdo(); } if(digitalRead(A5)==HIGH){ //A0 IS THE OUTPUT FOR THE RIGHT MICROPHONE Derecho(); } if(digitalRead(38)==HIGH&&digitalRead(40)==LOW&&digitalRead(42)==LOW&&digitalRead(44)==LOW&&digitalRead(47)==LOW&&digitalRead(48)==LOW){ Serial.println("Escuchando"); OutputEnable = true; delay(10); } if(OutputEnable){ Listen(); OutputEnable = false; } if(Alarma){ AlarmaTimer(); } EnviarDatos(); delay(1);}and in the pin declaration you need to change: /////////////////// Serial.begin(9600); Serial1.begin(9600); Serial2.begin(9600); pinMode(A4, INPUT); pinMode(A5, INPUT);also in line 61 and 62int M1 = A0; //Pin for th motorint M2 = A1; //Pin for the motor

Resuming the changes will be at lines:61 and 62, Change the M1 and M2 Values247 and 248 change the inputs to A4 and A5292 and 294 change the if sentence with A4 and A5 instead of A0 and A1, I can make this changes if you want to, and then upload it to the drive, of ir you are going to make the changes by hardware then just neet to switch the cables (if you still can do it) and leave the software like it is right now.Let me know

Really nice!!

Also... dont forget to use an external 5V supply, the 5V output from the arduino wont be enough to move the motor

Hi there, ok yes, I use the Arduino UNO schema only to show how to connect the L293D, the outpus signals from the mega are A0 and A1, so... connect everuthing like the UNO schema (Vcc,Gnd and Motor Outputs) but the signals from the Mega to the motor to A0 and A1 instead of 10 and 11. I hope I've being clear...Anyway I think that the problem will be at the L293D, be sure to connect it like this, with al Vcc's and Gnd's

Hi!Well, the software is really simple to use, you only have to record your commands and assing them the pins to activate, the main process it is running on the “ShpeakUp Click”, you dont need to do much just connect it and it will start after a few seconds

Hi there, I'm sorry, I haven't been around lately, but this car application is one of my plans tooThat's a good idea, the random generation MAC like the one that apple use on the WiFi connction. Maybe that could be the answer, Using WiFi... But I havent work that much with WiFi, BLE would be a suitable option at the moment, I'll work in this project and I'll keep in touch with you, have you already done it?

The way to connect the SD should be:MISO - 50MOSI - 51SCK - 52CS/SS - 53And I belive that you can connect it only to 5V and the PCB has a voltage regulator, the SD cards work with 3V3Aaaand you are totally right, the resistance should go between Data and VCC, to increase the signal, but this worked only when I had the circuit on a protoboard, when I made the shield I toke it away

Great! I know... the waiting can be really long with those suppliers, waiting is the price to pay for lower prices hahaYes maybe is not the same motor but I'm glad it worked, have you tried to add some grease to the Base? I did that to help the motor and reduce the current consumptionI'll be aware of your messages,regards!

How is it going so far?

Yes! I’m using the Neil Kolban library in the Arduino IDE, I think that the code didnt pase the way I wanted... but let me change it and add some comments Let me know if you have more questions

Hi there! (I’ll answer in the other comment)

Thank you! :)

La Raspberry era una de mis opciones porque quería agregarle algunas funciones de Machine Vision pero ya hay otras tarjetas como la Open MV que tiene funciones muy buenas y pudiera reemplazar el arduino mega por un ESP32, hay incluso otras tarjetas que tienen integrado Alexa de Amazon entonces hay muchas opciones, para qué agregarías exactamente con la Raspberry? La pantalla que es de la marca ITEAD tiene su propio software para diseñar la interfaz y es muy facil de usar, puedes buscar algunos videos en youtube

Si! Puedes guardar frases de varios segundos pero entre más tiempo, mas margen de error generas

NICE!! I'm really happy!I had a trouble with the printing of the body too, almost at the beginning, but I was able to restar the printing at the same point, and also have trouble with the SD card but it is mostly because it is not compatible with all brands, I used a diferent one and then it worked,Thank you again for making a Twinky, keep me up with the advances!

Hi there!The base took a really long time but not that much, maybe you can change the infill rate to 5% or so, I made a test and with ABS 1.75mm, 0.2mm layerheight and 5% infill would take about 36 hours.The head (Cabeza) doesn't need any support.

Thank you! :)

Well I havent thought about it... but thats actually a very good idea, thank you!

Guess what! haha

Hi, Actually... I didn't design a place for the speakUp, it was ment to be at bottom with the arduino and an external microphone would be at the bottom of the screen but that didn't work very well because of the eco, as you can see int the videos I ended up making a small hole on the face and puting the microphone out of twinky like an horn or something haha The two slashes ment to be before the int, like this://int Menable = 13;This line is not necessary though...You can just erase it or leave it without the //It was for turning off the L293D but I didnt use it at the end.And yes! I made that sketch from scratch, It could look a bit complicated but is just a lot of separated functions, when the sketch is running inside the arduino it makes like a Zig-Zag among all the different functon...

Hi, Actually... I didn't design a place for the speakUp, it was ment to be at bottom with the arduino and an external microphone would be at the bottom of the screen but that didn't work very well because of the eco, as you can see int the videos I ended up making a small hole on the face and puting the microphone out of twinky like an horn or something haha The two slashes ment to be before the int, like this://int Menable = 13;This line is not necessary though...You can just erase it or leave it without the //It was for turning off the L293D but I didnt use it at the end.And yes! I made that sketch from scratch, It could look a bit complicated but is just a lot of separated functions, when the sketch is running inside the arduino it makes like a Zig-Zag among all the different functons as needed, Thank you! I'm a student of photonics engineering, the study of light but I still have a long way to go

haha no, not at all, thank you for the sugestion, AliExpress takes about 2 months to bring me anthing to México :s But already found it in adafruit and dfrobot, it will be on my next shopping cart, I'll let you know if I made something interesting with it and Twinky

1. Right! I totaly forgot the microphones pins on the schematic! Sorry, they are connected to A0 and A1.2. I added some comments to the Arduino Sketch, you should be able to download it now with the updates, there you can see the declarations of the SpeakUp input pins(The good ones... haha)You are right...My mistake! haha again... the schematic is wrong, I will change itThe M1 and M2 variables are for the motor only. you can change this pins if suited you, all depends of where you place all the modules on the shield, just dont forget to change it in the sketchSorry for the mistakes and thank you for the questions, you are helping me me to improve the instructable.

Actually I was searching about it, and yeah, I saw that it is compatible with the arduino, it is not too common here in Mexico, my usual suppliers do not even have them but sure, I'll give it a try.

ohh no no, dont worry I'm happy to answer all of your questions and helping you to make a twinkys brother/sister(?) 1. Yes Arduino Mega 2562. Yes, SpeakUp Click 15343. Yes, RTC DS13074. Yes, Bluetooth HC065. My relay module is 10A but pretty much anny realy will work fine, as long as it activates with 5V6. Yes, Audio amplifier, the module says that is 5 to 12v but the amplifier specs says is 5 to 30V or something... but will need a bigger disipator7. Speaker ok, make sure that the speakers seals with the enclosure this improves a lot the sound quality8. Motor ok9. Yes, digital microphones10. Yes, Nextion-nx4827T04311. Yes12. Yes, or you can use 3 LEDs instead, I'm not using analog write for them so the 3 colors ar connected to digital outputs, you can improve this using the PWM outputs ...

ohh no no, dont worry I'm happy to answer all of your questions and helping you to make a twinkys brother/sister(?) 1. Yes Arduino Mega 2562. Yes, SpeakUp Click 15343. Yes, RTC DS13074. Yes, Bluetooth HC065. My relay module is 10A but pretty much anny realy will work fine, as long as it activates with 5V6. Yes, Audio amplifier, the module says that is 5 to 12v but the amplifier specs says is 5 to 30V or something... but will need a bigger disipator7. Speaker ok, make sure that the speakers seals with the enclosure this improves a lot the sound quality8. Motor ok9. Yes, digital microphones10. Yes, Nextion-nx4827T04311. Yes12. Yes, or you can use 3 LEDs instead, I'm not using analog write for them so the 3 colors ar connected to digital outputs, you can improve this using the PWM outputs of the arduino Mega and make a lot of different colors, this is optional.13. Yes an Arduino mega shield, the Capacitors are just connected between 5V and GND there is not much reason to use them, I wasn't planing to make my own power supply but with the ones of the PW supply should be enough. The resistor (I think it was 470ohm) is connected between the output signal of the DTH and VCC but I ended up disconnecting it because it gave me problems to read the signal, in my protoboard worked fine but once soldered the arduino sended an DTH error message sometimes. Try it with the resistor first.14. DTH1115. I'll attach an imageDont forget about the L239D motor controller, the current of the arduino output is not enugh to move the whole body, it is really easy to connect, since is just one motor you only need to connect one side.I didn't add a pictire but you need a 12V transformer or any other 12AC source mine is 12V 1.5AThe SpeakUp click has Tx and Rx pins also SPI comm but I couldnt find information about it, so the easiest way to do it is with parallel from IO1 to IO6

Wow! Very interesting! 🤔 I think I’ll try it soon... this is a topic that kept the sleep away from me some times

Wow! Very interesting! 🤔 I think I’ll try it soon... this is a topic that kept the sleep away from me some times

Wow! Very interesting! 🤔 I think I’ll try it soon... this is a topic that kept the sleep away from me some times

Wow! Very interesting! 🤔 I think I’ll try it soon... this is a topic that kept the sleep away from me some times

Sure, that could be an option, I knew about it but I've never used one before.Maybe for another project like this, but the truth is that I feel really comfortable with Arduino and their platform.One of my initial toughts was make it functional without the internet connection and thats what I made but yes! could be an interesting way to improve it.I’ll search more about it,thanks for you comment!

You are talking about the schematic right? This is a reference picture of how you should connect every module. I know, it is a bit too simple but I think you'll get the idea about the 8 Pin conncetor representing the arduino IO pins.Also... the pin numbers of the shcematic are wrong, I made it in about 15 min so I didn't change this labels but if you ignore them and just connect them like if you where on the top vew, it should work.Try to add one module at the time, test it, and then add the next, that worked for me, and you will be less frustrated finding whats wrong if something is not working.

Thank you for your comment! And you are absolutely right! Use one old Laptop it was one of my original ideas, in order to add some image processing and some harder tasks.My electronics engeneering friends always are making jokes because I always use Open Source products and over all the Arduino, but as you said, I'm trying to show what you can do using just an Arduino as the main processor. And I will add more to this project, the memory of the Arduino is at 48%, I wonder what can I do with the other 52%...

Wow! You have some design there! I could use some of that too, I really like the movement of the head.But I have to tell you, 3D printing it wasn't my first option I wanted it to make it fluffy like a teddy bear or something and make it dance...But maybe in the next version.

Thank you, I'm glad you like it!

I updated the instructable, adding an other step with a simple schematic.Tell me if you have any other questions!

thank you for your nice comments!

Your welcome! As you can see it is very easy!

That could be an option but... what would you use the arduino for? Maybe I can add the bluetooth and control the music commands from there (Play, Stop, Next... ), but I wouldnt send the audio from my phone, for this you can use basicly any bluetooth audio module.

I'm glad you like it, I’m using it to make my arduino respond to me when I use a voice command, but thats a topic for another instructable, I'll upload it it soon

Thank you! Haha (a bit late...)

sorry for the late response, Yes, that could be an option but if you make it with a recycled pallet then you cant change too much the measurements but instead just adapt it, you can make it the size you want! Mine ended up a little bit small but very comfy.