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Before our web chat with TML, i worked on getting the transparent switches to work with the 'turtle' arm and make some kind of random movement. Before it didn't work so well because of the weight of the switch was too much for the arm to rotate properly to get the tilt switch in the opposite position to activate. I came up with some quick clips for the switches, and as result they can be used for cable organization within the switches or separate from it. I might modify the design a bit depending on the other applications of the tilt switch itself.



Here is some video of the device working, i apologize for the orientation. The two devices are hooked up to light sensors (motion) now, the hand light sensor was kind of wonky. The 'hand' on the table had some appearance of random movement. It goes back and forth depending on the position of the tilt switch, in relation to the moving arm, and movement in the space around them: someone might have activated or deactivated the devices. For example the 'turtle' might stop and the hand keep going in one direction and when the 'turtle' activates again, the hand changes direction or stops. Definitely not there yet, but there is promise. The next step is to add resistor to the tilt switches to slow down and speed up the motor. I hope to get many more switches integrated into both devices by the weekend, can't wait to see what happens.