Using "Jawduino" on my Moose Head

[Joe Paul]

Hi Folks,

While I'm resolving my Vixen animatronic issues, I decided to try the "Jawduino" approach.
http://buttonbanger.com/?page_id=137
http://buttonbanger.com/downloads/jawduino/jawduino.pdf

In the last 3rd of the video, because Nat's singing is louder (I assume), the movements are better synced. There hasn't been any manipulation of the audio; its played straight off of YouTube.

Below is the code from https://gist.github.com/danesparza/5e5cc6419e2f14908db6f15b5576f6b4
I only added my servo values, and I will adjust them shortly

#include <Servo.h> // Standard servo library

Servo myservo;
#define SERVO_PIN 3     //  Set to the controller pin for the servo

int servo_pos = 85;
int val1;               //  Floating value 1
int val2;               //  Floating value 2
int val3;               //  Floating value 3

char smon[30];           //  Serial monitor buffer

void setup() {
  myservo.attach(SERVO_PIN);
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  //  Set our initial servo position:
  servo_pos = 85;
 
  //  Read our (floating) LED values
  val1 = analogRead(A1);
  val2 = analogRead(A2);
  val3 = analogRead(A3);

  if(val1 < 341) servo_pos += 10; //these 3 lines need to be adjusted to 6, 15, 10, total of approx. 31
  if(val2 < 341) servo_pos += 10;
  if(val3 < 341) servo_pos += 10;

  //  Debugging:  Use the arduino IDE serial monitor to see these values
  //sprintf(smon, "A1:%4d A2:%4d A3:%4d Pos:%4d", val1, val2, val3, servo_pos);
  //Serial.println(smon);

  //  Set the servo position:
   val1 = map(val1, 0, 1023, 84, 125);  //my moose values 84, mouth closed, 125, fully open
  myservo.write(servo_pos); 
 
  //  Tiny delay:
  delay(15);
}

So what I intend to do is not use the singer's audio to trigger the servo but rather record my own sounds, tones, singing, whatever, in a track that's not patched through to the speakers. This is much faster than all the tedious sequencing.

How I modified the purchased moose head and made the mouth mechanism:

Take care, Joe.

 

[neonexpresso]

this is really cool, can't wait to see what you do with it next

 

[Joe Paul]

this is really cool, can't wait to see what you do with it next

Thanks, I'm working on editing in Audacity. I need to record my own signal track and time-shift a fraction of a second.