Im going to be working on a DJ Sona (LOL skin) cosplay prop for a friend, Ill stick info into this post.
Hardware:
- Sheet of acrylic / perspex to install shit onto
- arduinos, one or two. Ill probably have one for the audio side and one for the lights…. I can get the lights one to have a sound reactive mode hooked into the audio one output or something idk ill figure it out.
- slider pots – the amp board has a knob pot, but the cosplay itself has sliders, so why not make them work?! – http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/351670018046
- audio amp board, probably overkill but med it has a knob: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/162165468840
- mp3 player module, this ones a simple serial device, i can send commands to it from button presses on the control panel on the prop – http://www.dx.com/p/uart-control-serial-mp3-music-player-module-for-arduino-avr-arm-pic-blue-silver-342439#.V_DnLfB96Uk
- buttons! http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/191782628706 – ill get 10 – 20 and put them in two rows of 5, on either side maybe ? (that nice microswitch click <3 plus theyre already illuminated blue!)
- LED strip! – it seems the board is always blue but sometimes theres some green too ? ill get RGB just in case! http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/331314589180 5 meters is more than enough. it will just be used for accent lighting and illuminating the acrylic panel.
- LED strip connectors – I learnt my lesson on hand wiring heaps of tiny connections on an object that will move around a lot! so many broken joints :/ – http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/281100571322
- spare LED wire – http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/182236567919
- other random wire for switches and stuff
- If we wanna get super fancy on the large spinny things, we can stick a bearing under each one! ooh mama so smooth – http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/331208176722
- Speaker – some random bluetooth speaker probably
- Power – Probably a lipo because convenient – include step down for 5v stuff? arduinos can take 12v easy usually through onboard reg…
That should just about cover everything.
mash it all up together and let someone else make the details
maybe lasercut the perspex to shape ? is there enough to make the spinny things also ?
TBD
WIP