Modular Bender Head (Pi Zero Edition)

Raspberry Pi powered Bender head acting as an assistant. Houses a speaker, LED strips for mouth and eyes, Pi Zero with an UPS shield.

In action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk_zi0FvA-Q
Code on GitHub: https://github.com/sindar/pRodriguezAssistant



**List of parts used:**
(i.e. how we did it, feel free to improvise. if you don't need any electronics inside, just skip this part)

— Pi Zero

— UPS shield for Zero, e.g. https://www.aliexpress.com/i/32961105269.html

— RGB WS2812B LED strip, 5050 package with 60 LEDs/meter

the whole audio part currently is a right mess just shoved inside, so excuse that

— small USB sound adapter with mic input (https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Adapter-Windows-AU-MMSA/dp/B00IRVQ0F8 or similar) and an OTG cable to connect it

— audio amp from this type of speakers https://www.amazon.com/MANHATTAN-2600-Speaker-System-161435/dp/B005LW42MY/

— single speaker from the above, with 42mm mounting hole spacing

— electret mic