Cuckoo Clock Design:

Our Halloween-themed cuckoo clock design uses a servo motor, lever and pulley system to lower a drawbridge door revealing the little Frankenstein cuckoo within.  In addition, an RGB LED configuration emits an orange glow, and a spooky soundtrack is choreographed to the motion of the door opening.

Videos:

Mechanism video:  http://youtu.be/HoQ6tPiJjig

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHiuERHH5UQ

Description: 

The "keep out" cuckoo clock simultaneously opens a door by sliding upward and projects a bird out of the door with a single servo motor.  The open and close functions are communicated through the serial port. 

Group: Laura, Max, Pierre, Kevin, Victor

Materials:

• 1 Servo Motor
• 1 Arduino Uno
• Several Cardboard Boxes
• Copius Amounts of Tape
• Wire Hinges
• String

Code:

Group: Chelsey, David, Albert, John, Timothy

Cuckoo Clock

Assignment: Put the door and bird together so that the bird sticks its head out when the door opens and goes back as the door closes. Once you get the mechanics to work, try to control it from Arduino.

Pictures:

Attached.

Andrea, Carlos, Ian, John and Kilian built a cuckoo clock that appears at 12am. The door mechanism resembles a draw-bride, the bird sits on top of a four bar linkage.

See our video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGilCUJ5uRM

The code: