Author Archives: Yaro

Just finished sewing some velcro tape onto the Bunny. Here he is in the opened state: As can be seen in the photo, we put the battery enclosure inside the Bunny’s foot, so we can get an easy access to … Continue reading →

This week we completed a lot of steps of the Hell Bunny hardware part of the project. First, I soldered the entire circuit together, creating the most reliable connection and eliminating the breadboard. I divided this task into the following … Continue reading →

This Tuesday we finally moved to the final stage of our project – putting everything inside the bunny. We cut opened the rabbit by making a 3 inch hole under his front right foot, and then we took out half … Continue reading →

  This week we’ve got a great enhancement for the project: John brought small LED lighting fixture and donated it to Hell Bunny. This fixture uses a whole bunch of red, green and blue super bright LEDs. They are three times … Continue reading →

My first task for this week was to find a Standard SD card for the Wave Shield. It was harder than I thought it would be, since all SD cards are now SDHC or higher. I went to B&H and … Continue reading →

This week was for me a week of frustrations followed by enlightenments. Last week I was so happy when I’ve got the Wave Shield working. I thought we are half way through the project, since I was planning to use … Continue reading →

Objective: use three potentiometers to individually control each of the primary colors of an RGB LED. Materials:  Hardware: Arduino Uno, USB A/B cable, 1 RGB LED, 3 10K potentiometers, 3 220Ω resistors, breadboard, 8 jumper wires, wire strippers. Software: Arduino … Continue reading →

My task for this week was to solder the Wave Shield and then to test it with the SD card containing all .WAV files and the Arduino. My first step was to open the Wave Shield Kit package and check … Continue reading →

Objective: Control servo motor with the potentiometer, then make the servo’s shaft rotate in different directions. Materials: Arduino Uno, Hitec HS-422 servo motor, potentiometer, breadboard, jumper wires, USB A/B Procedure: 1. Connect Arduino Uno to the computer using USB A/B cable. 2. Open … Continue reading →

The package from Adafruit containing almost all parts for our project has finally arrived. The box is small and lightweight. Inside it I found four re-sealable plastic bags with components and a ‘thank you’ message from Adafruit with a very … Continue reading →