{"id":16129,"date":"2016-12-22T19:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16129"},"modified":"2016-12-22T11:40:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T10:40:30","slug":"animated-elf-on-a-shelf-using-a-dexter-industries-servo-board-and-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16129","title":{"rendered":"Animated elf-on-a-shelf using a Dexter Industries servo board and a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16130\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Animated-elf-on-a-shelf-1.gif?resize=480%2C270&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The folks over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dexterindustries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dexter Industries<\/a> have taken an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Elf-Shelf-Christmas-Tradition-blue-eyed\/dp\/0976990709\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1481007403&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=elf+on+a+shelf&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=dexteindus-20&amp;linkId=526fd9515a7071ac621c938d5afdf52b\" target=\"_blank\">elf-on-a-shelf<\/a>, their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dexterindustries.com\/shop\/pivotpi-base-kit-servo-controller-for-raspberry-pi\/\" target=\"_blank\">PivotPi servo controller board<\/a>, a servo and an ultrasonic distance sensor and built an animated elf that reacts and waves when someone approaches it. It&#8217;s very cute and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackster.io\/dexterindustries\/animated-smart-elf-with-raspberry-pi-servo-controller-07fcb0\" target=\"_blank\">read how they did it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks over at Dexter Industries have taken an elf-on-a-shelf, their PivotPi servo controller board, a servo and an ultrasonic distance sensor and built an animated elf that reacts and waves when someone approaches it. 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