In this sixth and final installment of the "Make Your Own Arduino-Powered Deskbot Pal" you’ll discover ways to enhance your Desktop Pal by adding more sensors and other hardware. As a bonus, you’ll also learn how to implement a compact MP3 player to play recorded music and sound effects!
Desktop Pal is an animatronic friend, powered by an Arduino-compatible microcontroller and a small assortment of basic sensors. Using two servos for movement, Pal’s head moves up and down and side to side, reacting to objects that come nearby. In this installment you’ll learn how to program the De…
In this fourth installment, endow your Desktop Pal with more sensors to increase its functionality. You’ll add a second ultrasonic sensor to enable your Pal to have a kind of "stereo" vision; a passive infrared (PIR) sensor to detect nearby motion, and even a "squawkbox", to give your Desktop Pal a…
In this third installment, learn how to effectively program the servos, ultrasonic sensor, and switch of your your Deskbot Pal for smooth, interactive action. In this installment of the Desktop Pal series, you'll learn a number of important Arduino sketch concepts, including interrupts, timers, sen…
The Deskbot Pal, an animatronic emoji bot that’s easy to build, and easy on the pocketbook. The Pal can be personalized with your own 15 pieces of flair – or more if you’d like! It’s powered by an Arduino-compatible microcontroller, and requires no special construction tools, even soldering. This …
