Possible Variations
- Don't blink, wink. If you want only one eye to go off when
you activate trigger zero so that you "wink" instead of "blink", you
can achieve that easily by attaching one red wire from an LED to the
B (blink) terminal and the other to the S (steady) terminal.
- I don't need to blink or wink, give me more sounds!
Attach both red LED wires to the S (steady) terminal and load the sound board with the 4-sound file set.
- I don't like the Jawa sounds you picked, give me different
ones! This one you can do without wiring changes because
the sounds that are played are solely determined by the contents
by the files stored on the FX board. All you have to do is load
different sound files onto the board by attaching the board to a
computer with a micro USB cable. You actually have a lot of
options in that any particular trigger (remote control button) can
trigger a single sound, play a random sound from a set, sequence
through a set of sounds, or set an audio file playing until the
same button is pressed again. Again, details are on the Adafruit
web site:
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-audio-fx-sound-board/triggering-audio
- Three or even four sound triggers are not enough for me,
can I have a 2nd glove? Absolutely, just solder a 2nd remote control receiver into the "optional" receiver location on the mother board. Pair a new remote and you're good to go.
Load up
sounds or sets of sounds for those triggers and you can have a
jawa conversation with anyone.
- I'm a Tusken Raider and I'm jealous, can I have a sound
system? Sure. You can build the electronics part above and
install it into anything. Leave off the eyes, the fans or both, load the FX board with the
right sounds and figure out the physical mounting in your bucket
and you're ready to go. Actually, DZ-61970 will be doing this in
his Tusken as soon as the GJH build is done. You can also adapt
the control glove to different setups, including the Gaffi stick
arrangement mentioned in "Control System Build" above, putting
buttons on a blaster, etc. Go wild.
- I'm an off-world Jawa, what about me? We were focused
on Tatooine Jawas for this build, so that's what we've specified.
But if you want to substitute red eyes, maybe different eye covers
to meet the CRL, maybe use different sounds (Jawaese with an
Arvala-7 accent?), have at it. We don't have a parts list or a
set of sound files for you, but we're confident you can handle it
and hope we've provided enough info to start you on your way.
Jawa Labs & Jawa Pleatherworks Customer Service
Repurposing Your Droids Since 2017.
