Model van mirrors actual van’s doors
When your car door isn’t shut quite correctly, you’ll normally look down at the dash to see what the problem is. What if, instead of a small 2D picture of your doors, you had a tiny actuated version of your vehicle on your dash?
Mathis Ochsenmeier’s Analogous Door Display is exactly that. It mirrors his VW van’s front and rear doors using an Arduino Nano to take in sensor information and actuate three servo motors to mimic door positions.
Now when the van’s front doors or rear hatch open or close, the little van on the dash’s doors follow suit—both a useful diagnostic tool, and an entertaining model.