My little tiger is essentially blind due to encephalitis. A quick onset due to an autoimmune response to a vaccine (a possible side effect vets don't often mention). He lived for playing ball (fetch) with a squeaky ball. His prognosis is "guarded" as they say. He's a yorkie and only 4-5lbs. He is my little guy and is in deep depression. He will likely not have enough time for me to train him to adapt to other noises for playing ball (bells, beepers, other noise makers) so hence my problem. The squeak and his size.
My knowledge is limited to electrical (electrician in service for 9 years with basic circuit understanding, resistance, capacitance, transistor, power supply, wiring etc). I have designed and built basic electrical circuits to power devices on my motorcycles and have modified electric guitars etc. So, I should be able solder a design together.
I can envision what I need but, since my knowledge of circuit design (IC etc) is essentially nill, need some help. Any help would be appreciated.
What I feel I need is a device onto which I could record the squeaks of a ball (likely a separate device which I could then remove the recorded info/IC and place into the player circuit. The player circuit would consist of power supply (small battery(ies)), player, micro miniature speaker, timer, actuator for circuit (best thing would be vibration/motion actuation or remote activated that way it could react to my throwing and his shaking and squeak long enough for him to locate...an on/off switch is not very practical tho could be made to work) and a timer (555?).
In operation the device would work as follows: shake/move the ball and it would play the squeaking in continuous loop for say 15-30 seconds.
Now the kicker: the playing device has to fit into a ball with an inside diameter of approx 1.25" (32mm). His mouth is tiny. As I said he is my "little" guy. He used to do flips and rolls and catch the ball mid air. He was more jack russel than yorkie in that way. He lived for playing ball with me and it was something we both loved and looked forward to do.
I would give the sight in one of my eyes to give him his. Yes, he means the world to me.
Thanks for even taking the time to read.
JJ
My knowledge is limited to electrical (electrician in service for 9 years with basic circuit understanding, resistance, capacitance, transistor, power supply, wiring etc). I have designed and built basic electrical circuits to power devices on my motorcycles and have modified electric guitars etc. So, I should be able solder a design together.
I can envision what I need but, since my knowledge of circuit design (IC etc) is essentially nill, need some help. Any help would be appreciated.
What I feel I need is a device onto which I could record the squeaks of a ball (likely a separate device which I could then remove the recorded info/IC and place into the player circuit. The player circuit would consist of power supply (small battery(ies)), player, micro miniature speaker, timer, actuator for circuit (best thing would be vibration/motion actuation or remote activated that way it could react to my throwing and his shaking and squeak long enough for him to locate...an on/off switch is not very practical tho could be made to work) and a timer (555?).
In operation the device would work as follows: shake/move the ball and it would play the squeaking in continuous loop for say 15-30 seconds.
Now the kicker: the playing device has to fit into a ball with an inside diameter of approx 1.25" (32mm). His mouth is tiny. As I said he is my "little" guy. He used to do flips and rolls and catch the ball mid air. He was more jack russel than yorkie in that way. He lived for playing ball with me and it was something we both loved and looked forward to do.
I would give the sight in one of my eyes to give him his. Yes, he means the world to me.
Thanks for even taking the time to read.
JJ