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Posted onMarch 23, 2015November 16, 2022HERO-1

Let’s start with his voice! (Part 8 – It all comes together)

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I had ordered 2 of the largest protoboards I could find. Ultimately I’ve decided to mimic the old concept of having the CPU board and…

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Posted onMarch 7, 2015November 16, 2022HERO-1

Let’s start with his voice! (Part 7 – HERO speaks!)

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After re-installing the speech board, which has been a source of endless entertainment over the last couple weeks, back into HERO, I then had to…

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Posted onMarch 2, 2015November 16, 2022HERO-1

Let’s start with his voice! (Part 6 – Minifying the circuit)

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So, plan A was to order a 5v Trinket Pro from adafruit, but apparently, I accidentally ordered a 5v Trinket instead.  The main difference is…

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Posted onFebruary 28, 2015November 16, 2022HERO-1

Let’s start with his voice! (Part 4 – Understanding how HERO used to speak)

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So HERO-1 came with a book that as a child was a bit of a bible to me.  In the back of the book, there…

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Posted onFebruary 28, 2015HERO-1

Let’s start with his voice! (Part 3 – Wiring)

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The wiring of the Raspberry Pi to the Arduino and the Arduino to HERO’s speech board is described in this section.  Unfortunately, I’m actually a…

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Posted onFebruary 28, 2015November 16, 2022HERO-1

Let’s start with his voice! (Part 2 – Establishing communication)

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After reviewing the datasheet for the SC-01-A, the next decision was, do I pull the IC out of HERO 1’s speech board and talk to…

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Posted onFebruary 27, 2015HERO-1

Let’s start with his voice! (Part 1 – What are our voice options?)

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Looking around on the “inter-webs,” I’ve found there’s a selection of voice options.  There are both hardware and software synthesis options, and the Raspberry Pi…

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