The YMCA Elmo functions from a single circuit board located on the front torso plastic panel. To be able to access underneath this panel each wire needed to be extended so that the board could be removed therefore giving me access to the gears within the body. I expected the circuit board to be much more complex considering the range of actions the toy is capable of. Since I am unfamiliar with circuit board construction/configuration there is a lot that I do no know about this tiny brain of my machine.
So far what I think I may know is that the vertical board placed perpendicular to the main board is able to sense weather or not Elmo has fallen onto his side, prompting a request from him by voice to please help him up. I have cataloged each individual wire attached to the board on my vivisection drawings creating a code to where each wire is attached on each end according to an alphabetical code linking smaller drawings together to combat the confusion from wire extension. Through doing this I was able to get a clearer understanding on the functions of some of the sensors but mostly I am overwhelmed by the technology, hopefully with a little more research I can learn some more about the components of the circuit board which will enable me to make more effective use of the circuitry for the creation of my monster.
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