Hack Cheap Halloween Toys to Create Awesome Props
There East very little that makes Me happier that seeing people buy toys And abuse them has take advantage of THE cheap technology located the flange. In This case, That Dragon Guys ( Philip Bourgeois WHO You could know Since Adafruit) on Twitter East showing how he bought A cheap Plastic Animated Halloween Pumpkin And torn he open has find A cheap short range projector that was wall For modification.
This entire thread takes place on Twitter (NOW X I guess?) And SO THE thread can give back A little funky In This Blog job, SO I will to try has to break things down For You as a lot as I can.
You KNOW I was not going has TO DO he has Halloween without Cancel THE guarantee on A of these. SO let's go get started…
“Jabberin’ Jack" talk pumpkin with face Animated by internal short range projector, $45 has Halloween City. There is has been other dismantling but they don't do it get far. pic.twitter.com/cgxQqli2dC
— That Dragon Guys (@PaintYourDragon) October 1, 2023We to start with THE raw materials: A $45 Animated Halloween Pumpkin. On It is own It is A pretty cute little decoration. However, THE cultivated among We look has This And see has A minimum A projector that East value a lot more that that.
Screws are recessed almost original Mac deep. There is THE projector, to focus seems has be around 6 inches approximately. Visibly pixelated, but Identifier Already speculated In A Before thread that he was go be chonky, SO Yeah. pic.twitter.com/iTP69nGl5y
— That Dragon Guys (@PaintYourDragon) October 1, 2023On cracking he open, We see THE basic projector.
Included USB cable East power only. Not that he counts… only +5V And GND are conveyed on THE power to change PCB.Some earlier revisions had either A microSD map and or A USB socket on THE advice. Not This A. Big flash, MCU And a few support parts… pic.twitter.com/edMPlJuUYR
— That Dragon Guys (@PaintYourDragon) October 1, 2023Inspection THE projector tell We a few pretty important thing. Unfortunately, There is No removable storage as A microSD map. That would be to have has been delicious. However, This won't stop Burgess.
BUT! Back side of PCB has USB tampons conveniently labeled. A sacrificial non-standard color code USB cable later… pic.twitter.com/8asUZQH76f
— That Dragon Guys (@PaintYourDragon) October 1, 2023After link directly has THE flash, Bourgeois landfills A copy of THE storage just In case he totally errors This. Dumping THE storage Also given We A chance has sift through THE detritus And find useful things, such as THE video files themselves.
.AMV East A weird format used by cheap media players. Max. res East 208×176 @ up has 16 FPS. Fortunately ffmpeg can TO DO sense of he And convert has MP4 Or most Nothing… pic.twitter.com/JpM8p6Q0OD
— That Dragon Guys (@PaintYourDragon) October 1, 2023Once You to have THE video deposit, And A who passed awareness of FFMpeg, You can play he
So we can extract And play clips disabled THE developer...
There East very little that makes Me happier that seeing people buy toys And abuse them has take advantage of THE cheap technology located the flange. In This case, That Dragon Guys ( Philip Bourgeois WHO You could know Since Adafruit) on Twitter East showing how he bought A cheap Plastic Animated Halloween Pumpkin And torn he open has find A cheap short range projector that was wall For modification.
This entire thread takes place on Twitter (NOW X I guess?) And SO THE thread can give back A little funky In This Blog job, SO I will to try has to break things down For You as a lot as I can.
You KNOW I was not going has TO DO he has Halloween without Cancel THE guarantee on A of these. SO let's go get started…
“Jabberin’ Jack" talk pumpkin with face Animated by internal short range projector, $45 has Halloween City. There is has been other dismantling but they don't do it get far. pic.twitter.com/cgxQqli2dC
— That Dragon Guys (@PaintYourDragon) October 1, 2023We to start with THE raw materials: A $45 Animated Halloween Pumpkin. On It is own It is A pretty cute little decoration. However, THE cultivated among We look has This And see has A minimum A projector that East value a lot more that that.
Screws are recessed almost original Mac deep. There is THE projector, to focus seems has be around 6 inches approximately. Visibly pixelated, but Identifier Already speculated In A Before thread that he was go be chonky, SO Yeah. pic.twitter.com/iTP69nGl5y
— That Dragon Guys (@PaintYourDragon) October 1, 2023On cracking he open, We see THE basic projector.
Included USB cable East power only. Not that he counts… only +5V And GND are conveyed on THE power to change PCB.Some earlier revisions had either A microSD map and or A USB socket on THE advice. Not This A. Big flash, MCU And a few support parts… pic.twitter.com/edMPlJuUYR
— That Dragon Guys (@PaintYourDragon) October 1, 2023Inspection THE projector tell We a few pretty important thing. Unfortunately, There is No removable storage as A microSD map. That would be to have has been delicious. However, This won't stop Burgess.
BUT! Back side of PCB has USB tampons conveniently labeled. A sacrificial non-standard color code USB cable later… pic.twitter.com/8asUZQH76f
— That Dragon Guys (@PaintYourDragon) October 1, 2023After link directly has THE flash, Bourgeois landfills A copy of THE storage just In case he totally errors This. Dumping THE storage Also given We A chance has sift through THE detritus And find useful things, such as THE video files themselves.
.AMV East A weird format used by cheap media players. Max. res East 208×176 @ up has 16 FPS. Fortunately ffmpeg can TO DO sense of he And convert has MP4 Or most Nothing… pic.twitter.com/JpM8p6Q0OD
— That Dragon Guys (@PaintYourDragon) October 1, 2023Once You to have THE video deposit, And A who passed awareness of FFMpeg, You can play he
So we can extract And play clips disabled THE developer...
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