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Electronic Cowbell
One day I thought it'd be fun to take something ordinary that isn't electronic, and make it so, just for fun.
Enter the Electronic Cowbell.
It's a simple electronic motion-activated cowbell that when you turn it on and gently shake it, it responds to your movement and jingles like a real cowbell. It's a wholly unnecessary object to have, but it's all for fun.
The Electronic Cowbell uses an Adafruit RP2040 Prop-Maker Feather with built-in LIS3DH accelerometer to detect movement, and a built-in I2S amp that plays a WAV file through an attached speaker.
This project is also coded using CircuitPython.
Required Parts
The following parts are needed for the project.
In addition to the parts below, you will need to 3D print the cowbell enclosure. The cowbell enclosure is available for download on Thingiverse: Electronic Cowbell