Raspberry Pi Robot Costume Plays Sound Effects with LED Buttons

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Halloween always seems to be on a different level for makers, and the same couldn’t be more true for developer Iammandalore. This year, he created a wearable robot costume capable of playing various sound effects with the help of a Raspberry Pi Zero .

The best Raspberry Pi projects for Halloween are interactive, and this suit was definitely designed with that in mind. The front of the robot suit features a panel of LED arcade buttons and a few switches with labels. Each button is responsible for a sound effect, and some of them, when combined, have a few Easter eggs.

Many of the sound bites are computer-related references, including the Windows XP startup sound for the Start button, as well as samples from the movie Spaceballs and tech support classic, The IT Crowd . However, the best feature may be the implementation of the Konami code, when properly executed, plays audio from the pervasive spam call regarding your car’s extended warranty.

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The suit is fully mobile as the Raspberry Pi and LED buttons are powered using USB batteries. Audio is output through a Bluetooth speaker and is selected by a custom Python script. According to Iammandalore, this script is started using a smartphone application called RaspController.

Check out the original thread shared to Reddit for more details about the project and a closer look at the build process.