The Skele-Dropper is a custom-made Halloween decoration. It is set up in a tree or high area, where a skeleton starts by hanging from it. It can then be controlled by a phone or other mobile device, where it can then be dropped using a reel of fishing wire actuated by a stepper motor. While falling, it also releases a horror-themed screaming noise using the speaker built into the skeleton's mouth.

Components

1.2A DC/Stepper Motor Driver Breakout Board

NEMA-23 Stepper Motor

Speaker - 40mm Diameter - 4 Ohm 3 Watt

Half-Size Breadboard with Mounting Holes

Audio BFF Add-on for QT Py and Xiao

QT Py

Molex PicoBlade 2-pin Cable - 200mm

Stacking Headers for Feather - 12-pin and 16-pin female headers

64MB Micro SD Memory Card

Raspberry Pi Pico W

Progress

✅: Planning

✅: Electrical Assembly

✅: Structural Manufacturing

✅: Full Assembly

✅: Testing/Bug fixing

Updates

10/31/23: Wifi reciever wasn't powerfull enough causing it to not connect to the digital remote.

Upcoming Updates

Links

AdaFruit 1.2A DC/Stepper Motor Driver Breakout Board AdaFruit NEMA-23 Stepper Motor AdaFruit Half-Size Breadboard with Mounting Holes AdaFruit Speaker - 40mm Diameter AdaFruit Audio BFF Add-on for QT Py and Xiao AdaFruit QT Py AdaFruit Molex PicoBlade 2-pin Cable AdaFruit Stacking Headers for Feather AdaFruit 64MB Micro SD Memory Card AdaFruit Raspberry Pi Pico W

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