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If you take a look at my Animatronic Control Software video, you can see an actual example of my software controlling an Arduino. ruclips.net/video/iTQa8D6iIwE/видео.html

Thank you so much !!

This is a persnonal project and unfortunately not at a quality level I would feel comfortable selling it. The major issus is performance as it was developped using the older WinForms technology. As such, as soon as you are adding actuators and keyframes, the performance degrades. My goal is to port it to WPF eventually. This would ensure better performances as well as support for modern audio and video formats. Finally, a buch of editing as well as clip and keyframe manipulation functions are still missing. But if I had more time, I would definitely dive into it as my dream would be to sell my hardware and software !!

Merci !!

Thanks for you interest !! I have made progress by integrating Unity to display a 3D model of an animatronic made in Fusion 360. This allows to work offline without the actual hardware. But I still have stuff to do to complete the software and I am currently learning WPF on another project in order to eventually port the AnimaMaestro Composer to WPF because it is currently coded using WinForms and the performances are not there when having many animation tracks along with audio, video, and 3D model view. I wish I could work on all my projects full time !!!

Hi ! I'm planning on posting a channel update and more videos soon !

I actually started to integrate with Unity to provide 3D animation to the app when offline from actual hardware.

I am still looking at ways to make my hardware and software available. When the time comes, I will gladly consider you as a beta tester.

Je développe ce projet pour mon usage personnel pour l'instant et je n'utilise pas le DMX512... Mais mon logiciel est très modulaire alors je présume que je pourrais l'adapter... Je jetterai un oeil pour voir de quoi il s'agit et ce qu'il est possible de faire...

My software is currently not available as it is only a personal project for now. Moreover, the video playback is intended only to help during the animation process and the video track is currently not intended to be "part of the show" as the audio tracks are.

If you have some specific questions, I can try to help. But my first advise would be to just start doing it and then solve the problems one by one.

Thanks for your interest !! The software is not available (yet?) as I developed it for my personal animatronic projects. But as I keep developing the project, (I'm making a more compact, portable, and autonomus controller system), I keep evolving the software so hopefully when all of this comes together, I'll find a way to make the hardware and/or software available in one way or another. Meanwhile, stay tune and let me know of what types of features you would need.

Wow ! Thanks a lot ! As I developed it for my personal project, I appreciate the compliment ! I keep working on the project (hardware and software). Hopefully when all of this comes together, I'll be able to makre the hardware and/or software available somehow !

Thanks for your interest ! I develop the software for my personal projects so it is not in a state to be shared right now. But as I keep developing the project (hardware and software), hopefully I can find a way to make it available somehow.

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I keep developing the project (both hardware and softare). I will resume posting videos of my progress in the coming months.

Thank you so much!!

Hey matthew! Im learning as wel, I completly agree with your comment. I hope the series is coming back soon

Thanks for your interest ! The software can control anything but is not available yet. As I keep developing the project (hardware and software), hopefully I can find a way to make it available somehow.

Welcome to the channel !!

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Thank you very much!

Thanks ! You are right, some existed before, and among automata, my favorite is definitely La Joueuse de tympanon. I guess I just mentioned Disney because they are my first inspiration and also very well known ! But thanks for pointing that out !

So glad to read this !! Good luck with your projects and let me know if you have questions.

More to come!

Many thanks!! C'est gentil !!

It's on my TODO list !! So many things to do and so little hours !! :)

I created the discord server. Please look in the video description.

That's great ! Tell me more ! What systems ?

Thank you !!

Unfortunately, I do not know anything about pneumatic actuators. What type of electronic signals do you need to control the actuators ? I imagine they are valves ? Do they work with relays or more sophisticated control systems ? Do they include position sensors ?

@@AnimaMaestro they work with relays, and i already now how it probably need to work. There is a part hardware, the computer sends a audio file to the hardware, i think they use midi. And thad file gets decoded by the pcb. For each tone is a different chanel thad conects to the valves. If the tone is high the valve gets activated and the air direction changed. For the softwere part: you make a file and give it a name. Then you select one of more movements of the character. And asing them to (keyboard)buttons. And press record. Once a button is pressed the computer saves a tone thad can be decoded by the pcb. So basically you record a audio file thad gets decoded by the pcb, each tone correspond to a different valve. This also works for the lights. I hope i explained it clearly because english is not my first language. Greetings Aron Bakker

@@cliffcoastcafe Very interesting ! I believe this is how the first audio-animatronic were working but I never learned about them. My project is all based on motorized actuators. My system is able to play audio as well but the goal is to play music and/or dialogue to accompany the figure. If you use a musical keyboard (with white and blacks keys) that is able to send MIDI messages, then the microcontroller does not actually need to deal with "sounds". MIDI is a digital only protocol that sends messages like "NOTE x ON" and "NOTE x OFF". If you plan yo use that to control your animatronic, I think this would be fairly easy. Each "note" would turn a valve on or off. You would only have to find a microcontroller that has a MIDI port or a library to interpret MIDI messages.

@@cliffcoastcafe I found some useful MIDI specifications here. Your device would have to implement a MIDI IN port which, from what I see, i basically a 31250 bauds UART. Most microcontrollers include such UART including Arduino if I am not mistaken. Personally, I use Microchip PIC microcontrollers.

@@AnimaMaestro yeah, thads probably a good idea. And i have a micro controller my self. But i dont have eny experience and dont now how to start. Eny ideas were i can start the best? Maby comtact using a program would be easier than RUclips comments because it removes the delay between the sending of the message and the posting on yputube and the encompassing of the message. My suggestion would be discord. Then you can also make a server for your fans of youtube to easely talk to each other and to you, and i can help the server set up! I cant wait for your response!!! Greetings Aron Bakker

Thanks ! If there is some demand, I'll see what I can do to make it available in one way or another. Do you have some projects that could benefit from an app like that ? I'd like to know !

Thanks a lot!

Thanks for subscribing ! I am working on a lighter version of the whole system that will potentially be available to buy for hobbyists. I have never worked with hydraulics or pneumatics but I will take a look !

@@AnimaMaestro thanks dor responding. I hope thad this video series is going to help aut cus i am wanting to build animatronics for a few years but never started.

Merci beaucoup !!

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