ya, for sure! thanks 💪👍

True! Those pokers are no fun!

I still have this thing. I should see what the dogs think of it! 😃

maybe one day i'll try another one. It may have been partly my fault as well...who knows. I use a flux paste now that I really like. It burns clean and flows the solder nicely which may make this easier to do.

Hey there! it sounds like a power issue. Are you powering the ISD1820 module with a breadboard power supply? Try measuring voltage at the ISD1820 module with a multimeter to see if it maintains the correct voltage. You can also add a 1000uF capacitor across the power supply to smooth out any fluctuations.

It could be a number of reasons. Wire connections, power supply, correct baud rate, update library.... What message are you getting? You're using the Adafruit library? could be a bad sensor but you'll have to do some investigating first before you can determine that. Are you using the same sensor as the on in the video? Did any debugging info print to the serial monitor?

I apologize for that. posting the code to Facebook proved to be difficult with this project. the Bottango code is a multi file program. When you export the Bottango code you move those files to the BottangoArduinoDriver file. There is a readme file that is exported along with code, it's very helpful. You will want to download Bottango_Win_0_6_5 zip file from the website and transfer your exported animations to this file. I'm happy to email my files to you if you would like.

Thanks! I appreciate it. 👍

Hey there! thanks~ You have some syntax errors and missing ";" ...maybe typos. Don't forget to define ENABLE. Try this #define ENABLE 5 // Define the pin connected to the motor driver void setup() { pinMode(ENABLE, OUTPUT); // Set the ENABLE pin as an output } void loop() { for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { // cycle will continue until i<5, then will be disabled digitalWrite(ENABLE, HIGH); // Enable delay(2000); // 2 second delay digitalWrite(ENABLE, LOW); // Disable delay(2000); // 2 second delay } }

I appreciate your comment. Thank you! 💪

Thanks! glad you found it useful. I haven't use a wireless mic with this but I'm willing to bet you can use a Lavalier microphone, like the mics used in presentations. I think it would work. I'd like to try that out, actually...thanks for the idea! The shield is a cloudless speech recognizer / voice synthesizer sold under the name MOVI. I love this shield. It's old but still very useful. Here's the link www.audeme.com/movi.html Thanks again for the kind comment. 👍

by the way, if you want more than 1 mp3 you can use the DFPlayer Mini mp3 player. You can store many mp3's on the micro sd card and request MOVI to play a specific track or to play a random song. The mp3 module in this video is a small capacity board that can play 1mp3 up to approx. 3min long.

Cool! Another question. Is there a cheaper alternative for the MOVI?

@@miguelmarques7378 Other options may include the Elechouse Voice Recognition Module V3 www.elechouse.com/product/speak-recognition-voice-recognition-module-v3/ or the Grove - Speech Recognizer wiki.seeedstudio.com/Grove-Speech_Recognizer/ I haven't used either of these options but they are cheaper and who knows, you may find them very useful! You may want to buy directly from the Branded website to get the best quality. The one from Seed Studio looks like it may be worth a try. They have tutorials and documentation to get you started. I have used their products in the past and they were fine. Hope that helps!

@@BMonsterLaboratoryThanks! That does help a lot. I just wanted to know if it would it be possible to use a cheaper low-quality version of the Voice Recognition Module V3.

Hey there! Thank you for the kind comment. It's great to get feedback on videos to improve future content. The baud rate settings in this video are primarily for serial communication between the Arduino board and my computer. In this instance, Arduino uses serial communication to send and receive data between the board and the computer. The baud rate specifies the data transfer speed in bits per second and the baud rate uploaded to the Arduino needs to match the baud rate set in your serial monitor. The PCA9685 PWM driver communicates with the Arduino via the I2C protocol, which is not affected by the serial baud rate settings. So no, baud rate doe not impact control of the servos. Thank you for asking and I hope you enjoy building your Arduino project! 👍💪

@@BMonsterLaboratory Thank you for your explanation. Now I understand the difference using the baud rate for communication between units in the Arduino world.

Hi there! There are other ways to change the parameters, you don't have to use a programmable microcontroller. I found "DROK Signal Generator, DC 3.3-30V Function Generator 5-30mA LCD Display PWM Pulse Frequency Duty Cycle Rectangular Wave Square Wave Signal Generator" on Amazon. I have never used particular item. The servo motor interprets the pulse width of the PWM signal to determine its position. The frequency sets the period of the signal, and the duty cycle determines the length of the high pulse within that period. May be worth checking out, or maybe something like it depending on your needs. This one may be too big for a plane, but maybe there a smaller version of this. Many rc planes have servos that restrict movement to prevent overtravel. Like other RC vehicles, I assume you can upgrade the servos. I imagine changing to a servo with more movement would drastically change the controls, especially for a plane. Check out the data sheet for the servo before you purchase it to make sure it has the movement you want. It sounds like you found a fun hobby once you get everything going!

It tossed them out, which was a mistake. I didn't know I would end up keeping them. They are fantastic speakers though.

Hey there! I am happy to assistance however I can. Not sure about guiding through every step. Tell me the goal of your project, components you are using, and your experience level. I am currently traveling but will be available next week. 👍

@@BMonsterLaboratory cool, that will be really helpful. Where can I connect with u??

@@kaushlendrapandey5404 Facebook mssg has worked well for me facebook.com/BMonster-Laboratory-101410418059806/ I usually check it at night. Feel free to send a message if you have a question.

Hi there! The power button does stay down on the one I have. 👍

Hey there! Include the liquid crystal library (LiquidCrystal.h) and change text in lcd.print line from "hello, world" to whatever you want. Play around with that, look up lcd display example code that you can find online, use arduino ide reference page for functions, variables, and structure. I found this very helpful when i started. www.arduino.cc/reference/en/ void setup() { // set up the LCD's number of columns and rows: lcd.begin(16, 2); // Print a message to the LCD. lcd.print("hello, world!"); }

Yes, as long as you have external power connected to barrel jack. Use 12v5a supply if possible

@@BMonsterLaboratory I watched your main video too, it seems only compatible with its own brand of esp32, but definitely amazing, I will try it out.

@@jerry27syd yes, only compatible with freenove brand from what I have read. 👍 Comes in very handy!

Quickly solder and place wires. May be able to add shrink tubing or light glue coat to make it good stronger. Only solder the metal pads. Maybe tin the contacts before placing 👍

Hey there! Sorry for late reply, been traveling the past few days. I have a 5v10a supply connected. If you need more current for a lot of servos, try using an external power source and just connect ground and servo signal wires to the driver board for pwm control. I would not put more than 10amp supply on v+ to power the board. I believe this is the safest approach. I hope it helps

Hey there! The cords are jumper wires and they come with pin connectors on the end that allow you to attach them to the breadboard (long white plastic thing) and devices such as the motion sensor. Ideally, you would 3d print or purchase a pir motion sensor case that you could mount the sensor. You could set this up remotely with 5v dc battery supply if you need to. The white device is the HC-SR501 Pir Motion IR Sensor which I usually buy from Amazon. You can not record directly but you can add one mp3 recording to this board. It can be up to almost 3min in length I believe. You can record sounds form a video on your pc or go to freesound.org and download a free sound. There are many other places as well. You can make a miniature version of this. This was somethin I set up on a breadboard for fun and some people have used it in their projects. You would have to make it compact and give it a case or a small box to hold it, but it's totally doable. Do a Facebook search for #bmonsteralarm (just type bmonsteralarm into the search) and you should get an old post that shows a diagram of this setup. There are other ways to set this up if you think you may need something different. If you have any questions while you're building it, i'm happy to help.

Thanks! I appreciate it. Thanks for the suggestion earlier, those are always welcomed.

Good to know, but are you referring to repeat video from previous long form videos or repeat the same video multiple times in one short? I started making shorts again and trying to see what works and what doesn't work - I got the "doesn't work" category nailed down pretty good! 😂

@@BMonsterLaboratory Just something i observed when iterating many TikTok videos. Repeating the clip is bad for two reasons. 1. If the video ends, it gets replayed anyways. Every rewatch is a counted variable in the algorithm, the more loops the better, ergo, the shorter and more unnoticable the loop, the better. If you repeat the video "manually" you will not get that counter counting up 2. It is likely that the content is scanned, for, for example, identical content, multiple of the same videos, then it could be detected and punished.

@@meisterwald3032 I see.... I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the tip!

Alienware R14. it's been amazing so far 👍

Thanks for watching! Good luck with your projects 👍

make sure that the destination path where you're trying to save or access files is not too deep within the directory structure. Try renaming some of the folders in the path if any are too long.

Those are great additions! This OLED looks great but I think I need a larger one

Sorry, I did not. That's a great idea, thank you! I'm going to write it down :) 👍

I haven't used that yet...sadly. I'm catching up though!

Teensy 4.1 is a workhorse....and a great microcontroller 😎

That's a nice option. I may come back to that. I still like the Arduino cloud for tracking data like that.

esp32 can handle graphics better than the esp8266, for sure!

I had a 4ml bottle of liquid Flux that I knocked over. Too many things in the workspace... ended up spoiling it. I use paste now though 😃

hi, thanks for the heads up. Sorry to have delayed your project. do you know which wires you switched? I was sure I had this diagram nailed down correctly. I'll go back and try it out again. Thanks again for the info

Ha! Silly goldfish! 🐠 🤣

@@BMonsterLaboratory yeah but dw I ate it as a punishment now he can haunt me as a ghost

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Ahhh, I see it is on Aliexpress at 36% off, nice! I don't shop there but that sounds like a great deal. Thanks for letting me know. This would be a great site for bulk components as well. No affiliations here... just really liking the Freenove quality so far. 👍👍

I got it from Amazon $12.95 www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD2512JV?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details I believe it only fits Freenove boards, I haven't bought any others to test. That's ok because they did a great job with the ESP32-S3, libraries, and tutorial material. 👍 The blinking LEDs give it a pretty awesome effect as well -no affiliation here

hello! I would uninstall and reinstall. Shouldn't have an issue after that. www.wch-ic.com/downloads/CH341SER_ZIP.html you can get it here or on github 👍

@@BMonsterLaboratory Thanks for the quick reply but it still didn't work :'(

hey there! ya, you should be able to use uno. The I2C pins will be in a different location. 👍 #include <Wire.h> #include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h> #include <DHT.h> // Pin definitions const int soilSensorPin = A0; const int pumpRelayPin = 2; const int growLampRelayPin = 3; const int sensorPowerPin = 6; const int dht11Pin = 7; const int soilThreshold = 100; // Adjust according to your desired soil moisture threshold // Timings const unsigned long growLampOnDuration = 17 * 60 * 60 * 1000UL; // 17 hours in milliseconds const unsigned long growLampOffDuration = 7 * 60 * 60 * 1000UL - growLampOnDuration; unsigned long growLampTimer = 0; const unsigned long sensorCheckDuration = 2 * 1000UL; // 2 seconds in milliseconds const unsigned long sensorCheckInterval = 12 * 60 * 60 * 1000UL; // 12 hours in milliseconds unsigned long sensorCheckTimer = 0; const unsigned long pumpDuration = 6 * 1000UL; // 6 seconds in milliseconds unsigned long pumpTimer = 0; const unsigned long dht11CheckInterval = 1 * 60 * 1000UL; // 1 minute in milliseconds unsigned long dht11CheckTimer = 0; // Initialize display LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x27, 20, 4); // Initialize DHT11 sensor DHT dht11(dht11Pin, DHT11); void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); pinMode(soilSensorPin, INPUT); pinMode(pumpRelayPin, OUTPUT); pinMode(growLampRelayPin, OUTPUT); pinMode(sensorPowerPin, OUTPUT); dht11.begin(); // Initialize LCD display lcd.init(); lcd.backlight(); lcd.setCursor(0, 0); lcd.print("Greenhouse System"); // Turn grow lamp on digitalWrite(growLampRelayPin, HIGH); growLampTimer = millis(); } void loop() { unsigned long currentTime = millis(); int soilMoisture = 0; // Check soil moisture every 12 hours if (currentTime - sensorCheckTimer >= sensorCheckInterval) { digitalWrite(sensorPowerPin, HIGH); delay(sensorCheckDuration); soilMoisture = analogRead(soilSensorPin); digitalWrite(sensorPowerPin, LOW); //reset sensor check timer sensorCheckTimer=currentTime; bool needsWatering = soilMoisture < soilThreshold; if (needsWatering) { digitalWrite(pumpRelayPin, HIGH); pumpTimer = currentTime; delay(pumpDuration); digitalWrite(pumpRelayPin, LOW); } lcd.setCursor(0, 0); lcd.print("Moisture: "); lcd.print(soilMoisture); lcd.print(" units"); lcd.setCursor(0, 1); lcd.print(needsWatering ? "Watering..." : "Healthy"); } // Check temperature and humidity every minute if (currentTime - dht11CheckTimer >= dht11CheckInterval) { float humidity = dht11.readHumidity(); float temperature = dht11.readTemperature(); // Convert temperature to Fahrenheit temperature = temperature * 1.8 + 32; lcd.setCursor(0, 2); lcd.print("T: "); lcd.print(temperature); lcd.print((char)223); // degree symbol lcd.print("F H: "); lcd.print(humidity); lcd.print("%"); dht11CheckTimer = currentTime; } // Control grow lamp: on for 17 hours, off for 7 hours if (currentTime - growLampTimer >= growLampOnDuration && digitalRead(growLampRelayPin) == HIGH) { digitalWrite(growLampRelayPin, LOW); } else if (currentTime - growLampTimer >= growLampOffDuration && digitalRead(growLampRelayPin) == LOW) { digitalWrite(growLampRelayPin, HIGH); growLampTimer = currentTime; } }

Thanks! Lots of adjustments and changes made throughout this process. Thanks for leaving comments- much appreciated!

Thanks @Nickman1313! We all need to start somewhere. Best of luck to you and all your printing 👍👍

@cardguys Thanks! I'm always trying to figure out ways to make video presentation better each time. I appreciate this comment. 👍

hey there! I bought it about 5yrs ago from Jameco. I believe this is the one www.jameco.com/z/63811-1000-Molex-Application-Tooling-Hand-Crimp-Tool-For-Mini-Fit-Jr-_304928.html It says $70.95 each! I don't remember what I paid for it though. It is built very well, I will say that. I use it regularly and have had no problems. Jameco Part no.: 304928 Manufacturer: Molex, part number: 63811-1000

Hi! It only speaks English as far as I know

And what can I use to make it portable

hey there! It depends on the servos you're using. The MG995 servos can have current at maximum load: 1200mA according to components101.com/motors/mg995-servo-motor You want enough current to accommodate all 15 servos. Current load for 15 servos could be around 18A (15 * 1200mA = 18000mA = 18A) It's advisable to choose a battery with a higher current rating than you need to ensure reliable and stable performance, taking into account factors like battery efficiency, voltage drops, and safety margins. Be sure to do our research and make sure you look over data sheets for the servos and other components you're going to use. I, personally, haven't used more than 6 servos on this driver. If you're using 15 MG995, I'd be interested in what you think of the performance. 👍

Hey there! thanks. Here is a video where I set up Bottango, the software I used for the servo movements and the LED light turning on and off. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/er2micmrurLQZok.html Here's a video where I add a motion activated mp3 player. In this video I got rid of the servo driver board. The animation runs fine without it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e56kpqVjrMq9moU.html I hope that helps! 👍