Pimoroni Cosmic Unicorn Halloween themed, PIR enabled scarer.
video_demo2.mp4
A micropython script for Pimoroni's Cosmic Unicorn that displays a randomly picked face anim from PNG spritesheet and play a sound (evil laugh) upon detection from the PIR sensor
- You need to download chunk.py and wave.py from https://github.com/joeky888/awesome-micropython-lib/tree/master/Audio into the lib folder to read WAV files
- You need Version 1.20.4 of the Micropython firmware for the Raspberry Pi Pico W (Requires PNG support). Check https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico/releases for Firmware updates
- wave_player.py taken from rafew's weatherclock project https://github.com/raphv/galactic-weather-clock/
- pir_pngandsound.py main micropython script
- [laughs] Laughs directory with the 4 wav files (You can change these to your own, make sure they are mono, 16-bit, 22050Hz)
- faces.png This the PNG spritesheet of four faces 32x32 pixels per frame
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Pimoroni Cosmic Unicorn - 32x32 led https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/space-unicorns?variant=40842626596947
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PIR Sensor - any 3.3v one should be good https://thepihut.com/products/pir-motion-sensor-module
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The PIR is connected via JST-SH Cable (Qwiic, STEMMA QT, QW/ST) – Male to DuPont socket header https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/jst-sh-cable-qwiic-stemma-qt-compatible?variant=40409136332883 Pinout
Black - GND Red - V+ (3.3V for Qwiic, 3-5V for STEMMA QT) Yellow - SCL The blue cable is unused
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