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Portal Turret Plushie


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By: kurt

Deadly, yet adorable, this plush turret from the game Portal talks and responds when you play with it. It senses when you pick it up, knock it over, or walk in front of it. The stuffing and soft fleece skin make it super cuddly, too!
Inspired by Up, not North.

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. Insert potentiometer

Insert the 10k potentiomter next. Solder it in place. You will have to use a lot of solder to fill the large holes and give it good mechanical strength.

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. CONNECT RBBB TO WAVE SHIELD

. Insert wires

Take five short pieces of wire, strip them at both ends, and solder them to connect the following pairs of holes on the Wave Shield: 2->LCS, 3->CLK, 4->DI, 5->LAT, 10->CCS. These wires are the ones that are hidden behind the wires connecting the RBBB to the Wave Shield.

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. Make jumper wires

Get 8 wires that are about 2 inches long. Make these wires as short as you are comfortable making them. Use them to connect the RBBB to the Wave Shield as detailed in the next couple steps.

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. Solder wires

First, connect pins 2, 3, 4, and 5 on the Wave shield to pins D2, D3, D4, and D5 on the RBBB as shown. Solder these wires.

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15 - added attribution note
14 - updated description
13 - added a couple switches to the parts list
12 - updated steps 52 and 53 to remove "TK" placeholders
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