This project expands upon the well-worn technique of using a hand tracing to make a turkey, but adapts it to create a moving, talking, interactive piece of Thanksgiving art.
This robotic turkey responds to being tapped by wiggling its head and saying "gobble gobble".
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Adafruit CRICKIT for Circuit Playground Express
Creative Robotics and Interactive Construction Kit is an add-on to our popular Circuit Playground Express that lets you #MakeRobotFriend using CircuitPython
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Circuit Playground Express
Circuit Playground Express is the perfect introduction to electronics and programming
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Sub-micro Servo - SG51R
This tiny servo can rotate approximately 180 degrees and works just like a standard servo but much smaller. Good for beginners who want to make stuff move. You can use any servo code, hardware or library to control these servos.
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Mini Metal Speaker
1" diameter speaker cone with an 8 Ω impedance and 0.5W or less of power draw.
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Alkaline AA batteries - 3 pack
These batteries are good quality at a good price, and work fantastic with any of the kits or projects that use AAs.
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5V 2A (2000mA) switching power supply
Power supply that gives a clean regulated 5V output at up to 2000mA, 110 or 240 volt AC input
Materials & Tools
To build this project you'll need:
- Paper and color printer
- Hot glue gun and hot glue
- Scissors
- Scrap cardboard
- Double sided foam tape
- Optional: googly eye
