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New project, need a shopping list.

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I am working on a full scale ironman suit in fiberglass for cosplay. I am looking for a list of items to do the following:

1. servo control to toggle 1 standard servo to open and close the faceplate
2. lights in the faceplate eyes to go on when down-off when in the up position. (adafruit white backlight panels)
3. servo control for 2 servos in unison for rear flaps. programmable to go up together, move (flap) independently, then come down together to original position.
4. Repulsor lights (leds) In the hands to be toggled on or off.
5. I want at least 2 open slots for upgrades later.

I originally wanted to toggle controls through magnetic reed switches in the tips of the hands and a magnet in the thumb. I noticed switches on the video Phil did on the Halloween voice changer(I don't know what they are). I may just move the switches to locations on the edge of the chest plate and use the thumb magnet to trigger the functions with hall switches.
All units will be mounted inside of the chest piece. I have plenty of room for boards and batteries.
thanks so much for any help you can give me.

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Re: New project, need a shopping list.

Post by adafruit_support_mike »

You'll probably have the best luck using an Arduino for the brains of the system and a PCA9685 16-channel PWM controller for the servos and LEDs.

https://www.adafruit.com/products/50 - Arduino Uno
https://www.adafruit.com/products/815 - PWM controller breakout
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1411 - PWM controller shield

We have a code library to support the PWM controller for both servos and LEDs.

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