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Gemmy Skull MIDI Hack
Posted in Animation, Control, Electronics, Hacks, Haunting on Oct 28th, 2008
Gemmy skulls are great for hacking. Their jaws move, their eyes light up (and even move on some models), and best of all they’re cheap.
Right out of the box they’re not so impressive though. You trip the motion sensor and garbled noise comes out of the tiny speaker for a few seconds.
What’s it [...]
Motion Sensor Switched Output Hack
Posted in Control, Electronics, Hacks, Haunting on Oct 19th, 2008
Yard-light motion sensors are a cheap and easy way to add some automation to your haunt. Just hook up power to the sensor, hook the output to an outlet, and you can control anything that runs on 120VAC. But what if you want to control something else? It turns out it’s pretty [...]
Talk To Stuff Via SMS
Posted in Control, Electronics, Hacks on Sep 24th, 2008
Here’s a project that uses the serial port on a cell phone to let you talk to your props and gadgets via SMS. It’s not the fastest remote control in the world but it will let you control things from a distance.
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NSI Multiplex Daisy-Chaining
Posted in Control, Electronics, Hacks on Sep 23rd, 2008
If you’re using NSI Multiplex to run your stuff, it’s pretty easy to daisy-chain devices even if they don’t have an output jack. This article shows you how.
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MP3 Player Timer Hack
Posted in Audio, Control, Electronics, Hacks on Sep 23rd, 2008
Shows you how to hack an el-cheapo MP3 player and run it from a timer.
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MP3 control Hack using a motion sensor and a Microcontroller
Posted in Audio, Control, Electronics, Hacks on Sep 22nd, 2008
This hack uses a motion sensor and a microcontroller to trigger an el-cheapo MP3 player.
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X10 Motion Sensor As A Prop Trigger
Posted in Control, Electronics, Hacks on Sep 22nd, 2008
Find out how to use an X10 Motion Sensor to play sounds or trigger props.
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Wall Switch Motion Sensor As A Prop Trigger
Posted in Control, Electronics, Hacks, Haunting on Sep 22nd, 2008
Learn how to hook up a wall switch type motion sensor to use it as a prop trigger. It is recommended that this one is used indoors only.
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Use A Flood Light Motion Detector As A Prop Trigger
Posted in Control, Electronics, Hacks, Haunting on Sep 22nd, 2008
Learn how to wire up a common hardware store motion detector to use it as a prop trigger.
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