New job, been busy, blah... blah.... blah.... Back to the project.
For starters, I decided to switch Arduino boards to drive the electronics in the project. In the long run, they really aren't any more expensive than just using the micro controllers but they do cut down on the amount of work necessary to get them working.
As an example, it took me less than an hour to write the main part of the program that will control the mouth of the costume. This video shows the Arduino board hooked up to some LEDs as well as an Oscilloscope. The LEDs are taking the place of the servos (I have 15 coming in the mail). If you look carefully, you might see the brightness of the LEDs changing. Also, the oscilloscope shows the signal generated. Once again, this program is designed to cause random twitching of mandibles that are part of the face of the costume.
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