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Halloween Tricky Candy Dispenser

Halloween is coming! Do you have any plan to trick-or-treat with your friends? Have you prepared your pumpkin basket to collect candies yet? If not, here is a good suggestion.


Here is a tricky candy dispenser with secrets inside. When your friends or neighbours trick-or-treat with you, they will get ‘trick’ or ‘treat’ by luck. Let’s see how it works.




Demo Video:




About this project:

  • An electronic device plays trick-or-treating by random.

  • Include sound and light effects which create halloween moods.

  • Infrared sensor detects your hand from as far away as 5cm.

  • Touchless operation provides for hygienic candy dispensing.


Age: 7+

Category: Maker&Electronics

Hours: 2~3 hours


Parts:

  • Pumpkin Basket

  • Servo Motor

  • 3D Printed Lid

  • Infrared Sensor

  • Buzzer

  • LED Strip

  • Arduino Nano

  • Small Breadboard

  • Portable Power Bank

  • USB Cable

  • Jumpers

  • Candies


How it works:

The device runs on Arduino Nano which receives signals from an infrared sensor to activate servo motor, LED strip and buzzer. When people wave near the infrared sensor, the Arduino Nano will run the program and give ‘trick’ or ‘treat’ randomly.


Background:

Pumpkin basket and trick-or-treat are Halloween combo in tradition. However, only baskets and candies are not enough nowadays. Let’s surprise your friends with horror sound and light effects. In addition, touchless operation provides candy dispense in a hygienic way.


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