# Building a interactive display

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**Created:** [3 March 2019 22:25 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/building-a-interactive-display/4688 "2019-03-03T22:25:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![blair81770](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@blair81770](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/blair81770)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2019 22:25 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/building-a-interactive-display/4688/1 "2019-03-03T22:25:35Z")

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Hello all,

i am new to adafruit but i have decent understanding of python and sql.

I have been asked by a friend to help their daughter with her final year art project. this project has butterflies mounted within frames that she would like to move when someone passes by the display. as i am aware there will be multiple butterflies and she would like the all to move:

at different speeds and  
at random times  
at random butterflies.

I will going though with them collating which components we will need. I was going to start with Adafruit Motor/Stepper/Servo Shield for Arduino v2 Kit - v2.3 as a example to them.

would the quad AA battery pack have enough power for 8 servo motors?

I really could use a hand where to start with programming and building the basics.

any help is greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forum.core-electronics.com.au/stephen/32/1599_2.png) [@Stephen](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2019 23:24 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/building-a-interactive-display/4688/2 "2019-03-03T23:24:08Z")

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Hi Blair,

To keep this project simple, you could start with an Arduino Uno:[https://core-electronics.com.au/uno-r3.html](https://core-electronics.com.au/uno-r3.html)  
and use this servo shield:  
[https://core-electronics.com.au/adafruit-16-channel-12-bit-pwm-servo-shield-i2c-interface.html](https://core-electronics.com.au/adafruit-16-channel-12-bit-pwm-servo-shield-i2c-interface.html)

There are great instructions on how to program the Arduino and servo shield here:

> **[Overview | Adafruit 16-channel PWM/Servo Shield | Adafruit Learning System](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-16-channel-pwm-slash-servo-shield/overview)**
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> 16 channels of servo-bustin' power

We have some great tutorials and workshops on programming the Arduino:

> **[Arduino Workshop for Beginners - Tutorial](https://core-electronics.com.au/tutorials/arduino-workshop-for-beginners.html)**
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> Welcome to the Arduino Workshop, where you'll be able to follow our guided course which covers everything you'll need to know in order to create your own Arduino projects and become a leveled up maker. My name is Sam and along with being a maker...

> **[Core Electronics | Core Electronics Australia](https://core-electronics.com.au/tutorials/arduino/)**
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> Core Electronics is a retailer for electronics in Australia including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Sparkfun and Adafruit products. Fast shipping and support.

> **[Controlling Servo Motors with Arduino - Tutorial](https://core-electronics.com.au/tutorials/servo-control-with-arduino.html)**
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> Servo motors are extremely useful in so many different applications; it’d be good to learn how to control them! Solenoid and DC motor control have been shown already; for the most part, they are both pretty straightforward (only power and ground...

Hopefully that will get you started!  
The 4AA battery pack should work fine for this many servos.

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**Author:** ![blair81770](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@blair81770](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/blair81770)\
**Post date:** [4 March 2019 22:31 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/building-a-interactive-display/4688/3 "2019-03-04T22:31:16Z")

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Hello Stephen, thanks so much for the response. loads to go though and i am sure i will be back with some coding questions.

cheers