Category: Intermediate Arduino Class

This is the class work for PNCAs Intermediate Arduino Class.

  • Arduino code for Happy Accident 3

    /* Ping))) Sensor

    This sketch reads a PING))) ultrasonic rangefinder and returns the
    distance to the closest object in range. To do this, it sends a pulse
    to the sensor to initiate a reading, then listens for a pulse
    to return. The length of the returning pulse is proportional to
    the distance of the object from the sensor.

    The circuit:
    * +V connection of the PING))) attached to +5V
    * GND connection of the PING))) attached to ground
    * SIG connection of the PING))) attached to digital pin 7

    http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Ping

    created 3 Nov 2008
    by David A. Mellis
    modified 30 Aug 2011
    by Tom Igoe

    This example code is in the public domain.

    */
    byte pattern[]={
    B11111111,
    B01111111,
    B00111111,
    B00011111,
    B00001111,
    B00000111,
    B00000011,
    B00000001,
    B00000000,

    };
    byte pattern2[]={
    B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,
    B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,
    B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,
    B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,
    B00100010,B00100010,B11011100,B10101100,B10101110,B01010000,B00000011,B10101000,B10110101,
    B01010110,B10101110,B10010010,B11011100,B10101100,B01010000,B10101110,B00100010,B10001010,
    B00100010,B11011100,B10101100,B10101110,B01010000,B00000011,B10101000,B01010110,B10011010,
    B10101110,B10010010,B01101100,B10101100,B01010000,B10101110,B00100010,B00010010,B01100101,
    B11011100,B10101100,B10101110,B01010000,B00000001,B10101000,B01010110,B10101110,B10100000,
    B00100010,B00100010,B11011100,B10101100,B10101110,B01010000,B00000011,B10101000,B01101001,
    B01010110,B10101110,B10010010,B11011100,B10101100,B01010000,B10101110,B00100010,B10100110,
    B00100010,B11011100,B10101100,B10101110,B01010000,B00000011,B10101000,B01010110,B10100110,
    B10101110,B10010010,B01101100,B10101100,B01010000,B10101110,B00100010,B00010010,B10110001,
    B11011100,B10101100,B10101110,B01010000,B00000001,B10101000,B01010110,B10101110,B11101101,
    B10010010,B01101110,B10101100,B01010000,B10101110,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00100010,
    B00100010,B00100010,B11011100,B10101100,B10101110,B01010000,B00000011,B10101000,B10110101,
    B11011100,B10101100,B10101110,B01010000,B00000001,B10101000,B01010110,B10101110,B10100000,
    B00100010,B00100010,B11011100,B10101100,B10101110,B01010000,B00000011,B10101000,B01101001,
    B01010110,B10101110,B10010010,B11011100,B10101100,B01010000,B10101110,B00100010,B10100110,
    B00100010,B11011100,B10101100,B10101110,B01010000,B00000011,B10101000,B01010110,B10100110,
    B10101110,B10010010,B01101100,B10101100,B01010000,B10101110,B00100010,B00010010,B10110001,
    B11011100,B10101100,B10101110,B01010000,B00000001,B10101000,B01010110,B10101110,B11101101,
    B10010010,B01101110,B10101100,B01010000,B10101110,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00100010,
    B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,B11111111,
    B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,

    };
    #define NUM_REGISTERS 8
    #define MAX_PATTERN (((sizeof(pattern2)/sizeof(byte))/NUM_REGISTERS) -2 )
    //#define MAX_PATTERN (sizeof(pattern2)/sizeof(byte))
    // this constant won't change. It's the pin number
    // of the sensor's output:
    const int pingPin = 7;
    #define CLOCK 12
    #define LATCH 8
    #define DATA 10
    void setup() {
    // initialize serial communication:
    Serial.begin(57600);
    pinMode(CLOCK,OUTPUT);
    pinMode (LATCH, OUTPUT);
    pinMode ( DATA,OUTPUT);
    }
    long int lastMovement=0;
    long int lastDistance=0;
    void loop()
    {
    // establish variables for duration of the ping,
    // and the distance result in inches and centimeters:
    long duration, inches, cm;
    int output,rn;

    // The PING))) is triggered by a HIGH pulse of 2 or more microseconds.
    // Give a short LOW pulse beforehand to ensure a clean HIGH pulse:
    pinMode(pingPin, OUTPUT);
    digitalWrite(pingPin, LOW);
    delayMicroseconds(2);
    digitalWrite(pingPin, HIGH);
    delayMicroseconds(5);
    digitalWrite(pingPin, LOW);

    // The same pin is used to read the signal from the PING))): a HIGH
    // pulse whose duration is the time (in microseconds) from the sending
    // of the ping to the reception of its echo off of an object.
    pinMode(pingPin, INPUT);
    duration = pulseIn(pingPin, HIGH);

    // convert the time into a distance
    inches = microsecondsToInches(duration);
    cm = microsecondsToCentimeters(duration);
    if ( cm 125)cm=125;
    if (lastDistance != cm) {
    lastDistance=cm;
    lastMovement=millis();
    }
    Serial.print(cm);
    Serial.print(" cm, ");
    output=map(cm,0,125,0,MAX_PATTERN);
    Serial.print(output);

    // Serial.print(cm);
    digitalWrite (LATCH, LOW);
    //shiftOut(DATA,CLOCK,LSBFIRST,~(1<>cm));
    //delay(1000);
    for (rn=0;rn 2000) {
    delay(60); // one thing to try. //output=MAX_PATTERN+1;
    } else {
    delay(100+random(200));
    }

    }

    long microsecondsToInches(long microseconds)
    {
    // According to Parallax's datasheet for the PING))), there are
    // 73.746 microseconds per inch (i.e. sound travels at 1130 feet per
    // second). This gives the distance travelled by the ping, outbound
    // and return, so we divide by 2 to get the distance of the obstacle.
    // See: http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/prod/acc/28015-PING-v1.3.pdf
    return microseconds / 74 / 2;
    }

    long microsecondsToCentimeters(long microseconds)
    {
    // The speed of sound is 340 m/s or 29 microseconds per centimeter.
    // The ping travels out and back, so to find the distance of the
    // object we take half of the distance travelled.
    return microseconds / 29 / 2;
    }

  • James’ project progress

    Here’s my code for the arduino sketch and pure data so far. Works ok in really quiet environments if you play the song a two or three times. Would like to filter the data better to make it more accurate and perform better in environments with regular low-level noises going on. Also does anyone knows of a small lock that can be used with arduino?

    melodyDetector-James-140724a

  • Communicating between the Arduino and pure data (on the raspberry pi) Pt. 1

    The simplest interaction between the arduino and pure data is by using the comport object in pure data and sending data to it using the Arduino’s Serial object. Below is an illustration of two way communication between pure data and the arduino.  On the right the comport object receives values as bytes and puts them on the first vslider. The values from the second slider are sent to the comport. On the left you can see the code for the arduino. The arduino reads the potentiometer and if the value has changed writes the value (scaled to fit in a byte) to the serial port. Then it checks to see if a value has been sent to it and if its different from the last value it sets the led pins pwm value accordingly.

     

    8 bit wonder comms

     

  • Cristiano’s Project

    My idea is still tentative, but I really want to take advantage of the leap motion sensors input capabilities.

    For now, I was thinking of hooking up each sensor to a separate servo motor with something interesting attached to each.

    If I can’t think of anything meaningful to append to the servos, I will make the outputs trigger some kind of sample via MIDI.

    If I go the MIDI route, I will try to use the gesture library to save patterns and do something interesting with that.

    Here is a leap motion promo video for anybody interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d6KuiuteIA

  • fiber optic filaments

    Does anyone have any extra fiber optic filaments I could play with?

  • RasPi Troubleshooting

    Found this link helpful: http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting#Normal_LED_status
    I was curious what LEDs were indicating and this answered it, plus links to many more topics.

  • Request: please post resource list

    Here are a few Resources.

    This is not nearly complete but its a good place to put some of this stuff. I will keep adding to it.

     

    The Raspberian Distribution that we are using.

    We are using a modified version of raspberrian that has pure data running on it. We added the arduino software and a few other pieces of software to it. Once we figure out how to neatly package it we will post a link to the final product. In the mean time the source for the distro and some rudimentary instructions for using it are at http://pd-la.info/pdpi/ 

    Connecting to your Pi.

    I need to write up the specific directions for our environment and both platforms but the links below are what I referenced

    Windows

    OSX

    Linux

    •     (later)

    Pure data resources.

    Arduino resources

    Projects using the same hardware.