Building an Arduino Controlled Animatronic System - Part 4: Assembling the Input Devices

In part 4 of this build series, I take you through how to assemble the two input mechanisms for the animatronic eyeball demo unit.
In this video, I reference these tools/parts:
STL files for the Animatronics and input devices: www.thingiverse.com/thing:285...
-115 Piece high speed drill bit set: www.harborfreight.com/115-pc-...
-10K adjustable pot: www.adafruit.com/product/562
-Heat Shrink Tubing: www.amazon.com/560PCS-Heat-Sh...
-22AWG Stranded Wire: www.adafruit.com/?q=stranded&p=3
If you have any questions or get stuck, I can always be contacted on twitter @jimscuba2386

[@RanHam]

Thanks for posting this series. Really impressed with your workmanship

[@jim2386]

RanHam335 you’re welcome! Every time I think “this will be a quick 5 minute video” but I wind up trying to over explain things because some people are experienced, some people are beginners, so I don’t want to leave anything out :)
There’s nothing worse than trying to follow along and the person skips a step “because it should be obvious” :)
Thanks for your kind words!

[@mprior108]

Clear and easy to follow. Nice tutorials mate. Looking forward to seeing the puppeteering

[@aPyroDesign]

Ok a lot of this is over my head, but awesome. Good stuff man. You are great at explaining things.

[@2181190]

This is amazing, thank you!!

[@buildersmark]

Jim, just a really great build & easy to follow along tutorial. Another use for this set up would be articulated arm like a pick'n place. Great job man! Looking forward to the next video.

[@gkess7106]

Aren’t there any commercially available joysticks or is it possible to use an old PlayStation joystick?

[@jim2386]

G Kess yes you can. I have some on other projects. To keep the project as budget friendly as possible I made my own. Total cost.....$2 in resistors and about $1 in plastic
Either are acceptable :)

[@gkess7106]

@@jim2386 my friend is doing the 3D printing and I really don’t want to ask too much of him. Thanks.