visitor [Josh McCormick] hacked this awesomely drunk animatronic Santa. Here’s a cached video link. He bought the 5 foot tall singing as well as dancing Santa Claus at Walmart for $50 with the intent of modifying it for an art show. when he got it house he began tearing it down. He discovered the brains of the gadget in the left foot (just like Santa!). The movement manage is all analog as well as there is a hidden potentiometer that controls the dancing rate (jigginess). Josh utilized a BS2P40 Parallax fundamental stamp for the digital manage of the gadget as well as the noise samples were kept on a Quadravox QV306M4. To get the motions in sync, Josh recorded the performance as the noise clip was being played back. The motions were kept on a 24LC515 EEPROM. With some last minute work he got it to the show on time, however it regrettably broke during exhibition as well as he did not win. There must be some consolation in the truth that it is on the Web now as well as will be seen by countless people instead of a handful.
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