Blinking Monkey

Description

I’ve started playing with Arduino this semester.

My initial project involved a monkey doll and detecting how close someone is. The main components included LEDs, infrared proximity sensor, protentiometer, and the Arduino board.The biggest problem I had was getting the infrared proximity to get correct readings (which I couldn’t get working in time), and opted out to using a potentiameter as a replacement. Please assume I used a proximity sensor below.

The monkey had a set of LED’s, three rows where each row had different color, in the front.

If someone is very far away, the LEDs would fade in and out as if they were pulsing. Once someone is closer, each row of LEDs would blink alternatively (at a faster rate as someone gets closer). Once someone is very close, all the LEDs would all blink together (at a faster rate as someone gets closer).

Video demo

Blinking Monkey from Sungjoon Steve Won on Vimeo.