Motion Gift Box

by Ruiz Brothers

published November 14, 2018, last edited January 22, 2025

posted in Robotics & CNC Programming/ MicroPython / CircuitPython Crickit

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The Adafruit Crickit and Cricuit Playground Express can run CircuitPython for programming fast and easy to read code. Use the special Crickit CPX build firmware and follow the learn guide for setting up the board. This special build includes libraries so it saves space and gets you quickly up and running.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Anne Barela for Adafruit Industries
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

import time
import random
import audioio
import audiocore
import board
import neopixel
from adafruit_crickit import crickit

# NeoPixels on the Circuit Playground Express
pixels = neopixel.NeoPixel(board.NEOPIXEL, 10, brightness=0.3)
pixels.fill(0)                # Off to start

# PIR sensor on signal #1
PIR_SENSOR = crickit.SIGNAL1
crickit.seesaw.pin_mode(PIR_SENSOR, crickit.seesaw.INPUT)

# Set audio out on speaker
speaker = audioio.AudioOut(board.A0)
audio_files = ["evillaugh3.wav", "laugh.wav"]

# One motor
motor_1 = crickit.dc_motor_1
motor_1.throttle = 0             # off to start

while True:
    pixels.fill(0)
    print("Waiting for trigger")
    while not crickit.seesaw.digital_read(PIR_SENSOR):
        pass
    print("PIR triggered")
    pixels.fill((100, 0, 0))    # NeoPixels red

    # Start playing the file (in the background)
    audio_file = open(random.choice(audio_files), "rb")   # muahaha
    wav = audiocore.WaveFile(audio_file)
    speaker.play(wav)

    # move motor back and forth for 3 seconds total
    timestamp = time.monotonic()
    while time.monotonic() - timestamp < 3:
        motor_1.throttle = 1        # full speed forward
        time.sleep(0.25 + random.random())  # random delay from 0.25 to 1.25 seconds
        motor_1.throttle = -1        # full speed backward
        time.sleep(0.25 + random.random())  # random delay from 0.25 to 1.25 seconds
    motor_1.throttle = 0        # stop!

    # wait for audio to stop
    while speaker.playing:
        pass
    # clean up and close file
    audio_file.close()

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Anne Barela for Adafruit Industries
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

import time
import random
import audioio
import audiocore
import board
import neopixel
from adafruit_crickit import crickit

# NeoPixels on the Circuit Playground Express
pixels = neopixel.NeoPixel(board.NEOPIXEL, 10, brightness=0.3)
pixels.fill(0)                # Off to start

# PIR sensor on signal #1
PIR_SENSOR = crickit.SIGNAL1
crickit.seesaw.pin_mode(PIR_SENSOR, crickit.seesaw.INPUT)

# Set audio out on speaker
speaker = audioio.AudioOut(board.A0)
audio_files = ["evillaugh3.wav", "laugh.wav"]

# One motor
motor_1 = crickit.dc_motor_1
motor_1.throttle = 0             # off to start

while True:
    pixels.fill(0)
    print("Waiting for trigger")
    while not crickit.seesaw.digital_read(PIR_SENSOR):
        pass
    print("PIR triggered")
    pixels.fill((100, 0, 0))    # NeoPixels red

    # Start playing the file (in the background)
    audio_file = open(random.choice(audio_files), "rb")   # muahaha
    wav = audiocore.WaveFile(audio_file)
    speaker.play(wav)

    # move motor back and forth for 3 seconds total
    timestamp = time.monotonic()
    while time.monotonic() - timestamp < 3:
        motor_1.throttle = 1        # full speed forward
        time.sleep(0.25 + random.random())  # random delay from 0.25 to 1.25 seconds
        motor_1.throttle = -1        # full speed backward
        time.sleep(0.25 + random.random())  # random delay from 0.25 to 1.25 seconds
    motor_1.throttle = 0        # stop!

    # wait for audio to stop
    while speaker.playing:
        pass
    # clean up and close file
    audio_file.close()

Audio Sounds

You will need to provide your own audio files. In the code, on line 18, audio_files defines the file names. Modify this to reflect the audio files you'd like to use. The audio files will need to be in the following format.