Firetruck mod

Not quite done yet, but a (mostly done) quick status of my fire truck project.

Finished project:

Inspired by a project my dad made for me as a kid.



Features: 6 buttons that play different sounds from a usb powered speaker

8 leds in the top that go in a "circular" pattern

5 leds in the ceiling

7 leds on the dashboard

real ignition key that actually turns it on (plays engine start-up noise when its turned on)



Todo: fix dashboard leds

clean up wires

add door to the back for "fixing" access

add charging usb port into the gas tank port

fix issue where "too loud" sounds cause a voltage drop and reboot the esp

PVC fort

 Cut a bunch of pvc pipes to the same length, and got a bunch of different joints so we could make forts/jungle gyms.

Yoshi Game

I ripped the assets from the most recent yoshi's crafted world game and made a game for my kid. The controls are left/right jump, and if you tap yoshi it spawns a random simple object he recognized above yoshis head.

Kitchen Project

My wife started a DIY kitchen toy from a salvaged tv stand and I added electronics to it.

https://imgur.com/gallery/x4SRv2n

Baby video picker

He really likes watching videos on the big tv, so I made a simple web app that sends the youtube videos he picked to the tv (running on a rasbperry pi)

to make it easier to click/harder to scroll, I also added swipe gestures.

code: https://github.com/spiffomatic64/baby_video_picker

Safe BabyMetal

One of his favorite songs was a Japanese metal song, but once we saw him doing the same choreography as the video, I decided instead of taking the video away entirely, I would just edit out any parts with "punching/kicking"

Him dancing to the song:

Sneaky pete game

A game where you play as a dino hiding from bunny rabbits in a town