Halloween Builds
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WALLOP!
hat’s Halloween without
sounds? Scary or not, sounds
can make inanimate objects
come to life. If you can’t afford
to invest the time it takes to
build Jerome’s or Andrew’s
Iron Man Suit, how about just
the gauntlet? Richard
Albritton’s superhero glove (hsmag.cc/HYkZde)
reacts to your movements and lights up and plays
sounds accordingly.
The 3D-printed glove, which he’s sanded and
painted over to camouflage its origins, is powered byan Adafruit Feather 32u4 Basic Proto microcontroller.
It uses an accelerometer to trigger the sounds from
the Audio FX Mini Sound Board and make the
NeoPixel Ring and Jewel light up. Assembling the
electronics took him about an hour and a half, and
besides textual instructions, there’s also a video of
the process, which is easier to follow for the visually
inclined. Richard’s also shared a bunch of sounds for
you to download into the Sound Board. Besides a
slide switch to power-up the glove, there’s also a
button to disable the motion control and the
associated sound effects to ensure your friendly wave
to a friend doesn’t ‘blast’ away others.The Audio FX Sound Board is a wonderful device to
give a voice to your wearables. Prolific maker John
Edgar Park has taken apart a talking Chewbacca Mask
to increase its audio repertoire (hsmag.cc/JSmgNe).
The crux of his build involves replacing the mask’s
original sound-board that had limited audio capabilities
with an Audio FX Sound Board that can playback your
favourite sounds. He’s kept the mask’s existing
switches and speakers, and has complemented themW
WHAT’S
HALLOWEEN
WITHOUT
MONSTERS?
The mask has a rotary
selector switch that
you can use to switch
to another sound effect
from the collection you’ve
uploaded to the mask