Animator Wiring

The animator tiny board is used on the feller, lightning and Christmas in the park products.

Below is a schematic diagram of what pins on the pico are connected to the headers on the board.

The the board has screw connections for the left and right speaker and accessory power, The board has header connections for the servo motors, switches, and neopixels, The volume control pot is soldered to a a cable which is soldered to the board.

Connections Feller

This table has the connections for the feller.

FunctionPico pinConnect toWire
length/gauge/color/dir
Servo 1 FellerGPIO10M13″ / 26 / Varies / down
Servo 2 TreeGPIO11M23″ / 26 / Varies / down
Volume potGPIO26RV16″ / 30 / Varies / up
Left switchGPIO6SW110″ / 26 / BRN / up
Right switchGPIO7SW210″ / 26 / BLU / up
Left speakerNAX110″ / 22 / GRY-WHT+R
Accessory Power
12-18 V AC/DC
NAJ1Note: Connect to transformer only if not using 5v power supply.

Connections Lightning and Christmas in the Park

This table has the connections for the lightning and Christmas in the Park products.

FunctionPico pinConnect toWire
length/gauge/color/dir
NeoPixelsGPIO10M16″ / 22/ Varies
Volume potGPIO26RV16″ / 30 / Varies
Left switchGPIO6SW110″ / 26 / BRN
Right switchGPIO7SW210″ / 26 / BLU
Left speakerNAX110″ / 22 / GRY-WHT
Right speakerNAX210″ / 22 / GRY-WHT
Accessory Power
12-18 V AC/DC
NAJ1Note: Connect to transformer only if not using 5v power supply.

Volume Pot

This is the detail for the volume pot.

Pico pinsPot posColor
GNDLeft most pinBLK
GPIO26WiperBLU
+3VRight most pinORG