Sufism Dancers

I made a Sufism dance showcase. I incorporated Sufis spinning and Arabic calligraphy. Sufism may be best described as Islamic mysticism or asceticism, which through belief and practice helps Muslims attain nearness to Allah by way of direct personal experience of God. Sufi whirling is a form of physically active meditation which originated among certain Sufi groups

Video to it working: https://youtube.com/shorts/p4YKKqqRccg?feature=share

• Arduino Nano
• Wires
• capacitive touch sensor
• 3 Servos
• Neo-pixel strip lights
• Acrylic (1/8 in)
• wood (1/4) in
• Hot glue
• Cardboard
• Wood Block (optional)
• paint
• 3D printer
• Trotec laser cutter

Use the 1/4th inch wood to make a box. This will hide all the wires. The box will be smaller than the acrylic platform so that it does not fall through.

Cut the acrylic to size and apply an engraving to it. Because the box's width was 7 inches I made the width 9 inches sio the acrylic laid nicely on top. Thecalligraphyy was found online but I customized it to have a Rumi poem.

Using the template, use a 3d printer to make 3 sufi's five inches tall each. Then paint the top red as they have red hats usually.

Attach the servos to the nano. Brown to ground, orange to signal, yellow to power (VIN). Do this for all servos, keeping track of where you are plugging through a breadboard template.

Similar to the servos except you want to put the SCL and SDA in the right spots. This will be 6 and 7 from the ground pin. Black is ground and red is power as usual.

cut holes in the acrylic after figuring out where you will be placing the spinning dolls.

hot glue square cardboard pieces so that they are elevated and can reach just above the box

Once you have done this, it should look something like this.

This will allow you to let it be portable

they should snap right on