The Ruiz Brothers have penned a information on recreating one in all science fiction’s most memorable back-talking somewhat-murderous synthetic intelligences: HAL 9000, the very-much-not-an-IBM from 2001: A House Odyssey.
“Powered by the Adafruit RP2040 Prop-Maker Feather and CircuitPython, this undertaking makes use of Adafruit’s greatest arcade button to set off audio samples,” the Ruiz Brothers clarify of their newest undertaking for Adafruit’s instructional portal. “Because of superior built-in capabilities of the Prop-Maker feather, we do not even must do any soldering on this undertaking, all wiring may be executed with the terminal blocks and a screwdriver!”
It is not the primary time Adafruit has hosted a information on constructing your personal HAL 9000: an earlier incarnation designed by Phillip Burgess was powered by an Arduino UNO and an Adafruit Wave Protect, and required some mild soldering. A transfer to the Adafruit RP2040 Prop-Maker Feather, although, means a simplified circuit — and no soldering required.
“The enclosure is comprised of 3D-printed components which might be mounted along with machine screws,” the Ruiz Brothers write of the compact desktop housing for the notorious machine, which creator Arthur C. Clarke all the time denied was impressed by the output of IBM — regardless of the letters “HAL” every being one again within the alphabet from the corporate’s identify. “The Feather’s USB port is accessible on the facet of the prop for powering and reprogramming.”
The Adafruit RP2040 Prop-Maker Feather was designed particularly to make it simpler to construct initiatives involving mild and sound, combining a Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller with a screw-terminal NeoPixel LED port, a three-watt Class D amplifier, an accelerometer with faucet detection, and a servo connector. To this, the undertaking provides a speaker, a light-up 100mm (round 3.94″) arcade button which additionally serves as HAL’s glowing “eye,” and quick-connect wires to convey every part collectively.
The construct is powered by an RP2040 Prop-Maker Feather, held in place on a 3D-printed mount. (?: Adafruit)
As soon as constructed, the CircuitPython-powered undertaking performs pre-recorded samples, created utilizing the text-to-speech performance constructed into Apple’s macOS, every time the button is hit — and helps further audio recordsdata, do you have to want to create your personal or take samples from the movie itself.
The complete information is now accessible on Adafruit’s studying portal.