Bouncing Betty Halloween Prop

Page last updated 27 Oct 2011, by Michael Fischler. 0 replies betty, bouncing, halloween, mbed

Import programBouncing_Betty

Bouncing Betty Halloween Prop. A prop skull mounted with an mbed microcontroller armed to scare anyone who comes close to it. This project uses an infrared sonar, speaker, and, shiftbrite LEDs.

Last commit 27 Oct 2011 by Michael Fischler

Introduction

This Bouncing Betty Halloween Prop was designed for a haunted house that was built at my university. The skull will sit quietly illuminating between blue and green until guest approaches it. As soon as the infrared proximity sensor detects someone within 40 cm, it will scream and turn red to try to scare guests. A pushbutton was mounted to the skull so that it can be tripped without the sensor. A watchdog timer and power management controls were added to keep the skull up and running.

Hardware Components

Connections

mbedSignal
Vin+5V
GNDgnd
5LED2-DI
7LED2-CI
8LED2-EI
9LED2-LI
11LED1-DI
13LED1-CI
15LED1-EI
16LED1-LI
18CMOS-C
20SONAR-Signal
24Pushbutton (other side is grounded)

All other connection are not used. Connect all VCC and GND pins for any necessary components.

Pictures and Video will be available soon...

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