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Tue, 14 Nov 2017, 06:53
Jayenkai	CreationCrate So, with LootCrate a thing of the past, I decided to trawl the web for something to replace it. I came upon CreationCrate It's a wee bit pricier.. $29.99 + $4.99 shipping. Eeek! I'm fairly sure it's a standardised subscription (eg everyone gets the boxes in the same order, starting from Box 1.. not a completely random box each month) Each month is a little electronics kit, with a little "UNO R3" Arduino compatible board and all the bits of wires/breadboard/etc that you need to complete the project. All signs are that first month will be a little LED lamp. Build the thing, code the board, pop it together and be happy! There's, what I'm assuming, a complete list of projects here. So, expect that to be the order I build things in! .. Bit childish, but fuck it, I need something productive to do once I've finished building the new AGAWFramework! Looking forward to this! Alongside my "Build a Radio" Advent Calendar, looks like 2018's going to be a techy building year for Jay! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 14 Nov 2017, 08:12
rockford	Basic or simple, maybe, but certainly not childish. Sounds like fun
Mon, 11 Dec 2017, 09:10
Jayenkai	Gawd, that took long enough!! Crate One : Mood Lamp > Reveal 🔎 [flickr]38986915271[/flickr] A Box! containing.. [flickr]38986920381[/flickr] [flickr]38986920881[/flickr] A bundle of wires. [flickr]38100628865[/flickr] A nice shiny sturdy Breadboard, of infinitely higher quality than the one in the Radio Advent Calendar. All the holes poke nice and easily, and you can even feel the quality in the plastic!! [flickr]27209928519[/flickr] Bag of Bits [flickr]38986914401[/flickr] Latern [flickr]24122531477[/flickr] [flickr]38986914561[/flickr] Arduino Goodies [flickr]25115775188[/flickr] First, add components [flickr]38100628305[/flickr] Then "jumpers" [flickr]25115775998[/flickr] Finish off with more wires going to the Arduino. Next code!!!! This is the original code. // How fast it runs int pulseSpeed=5; int ldrPin=0; // Light Resistor is in Pin 0 int redLed= 11; // Red is in 11 int greenLed=10; int blueLed=9; int ambientLight; // Stores the room's light int power=150; // Lamp Brightness (2-255) float RGB[3]; float CommonMathVariable=180.0/PI; // Setup void setup() { // Set pins to be output pinMode(redLed,OUTPUT); pinMode(greenLed,OUTPUT); pinMode(blueLed,OUTPUT); // Initialise as low digitalWrite(redLed,LOW); digitalWrite(greenLed,LOW); digitalWrite(blueLed,LOW); } void loop() { for (float x=0;x<PI;x=x+0.00001) { RGB[0]=powerabs(sin(x(CommonMathVariable))); RGB[1]=powerabs(sin((x+PI/3)(CommonMathVariable))); RGB[2]=powerabs(sin((x+((2PI)/3))(CommonMathVariable))); ambientLight=analogRead(ldrPin); if (ambientLight>600) { // ldrPin - darker = higher number analogWrite(redLed,RGB[0]); analogWrite(greenLed,RGB[1]); analogWrite(blueLed,RGB[2]); } else { digitalWrite(redLed,LOW); digitalWrite(greenLed,LOW); digitalWrite(blueLed,LOW); } for (int i=0;i<3;i++) { if (RGB[i]<1) { delay (20pulseSpeed); } else if (RGB[i]<5) { delay (10pulseSpeed); } else if (RGB[i]<10) { delay (2pulseSpeed); } else if (RGB[i]<100) { delay (1pulseSpeed); } else {} delay(1); } // for i<3 } // for x<pi } --v I've since tweaked that to fade a little more gently, since the number of int's that they used caused it to stutter and glitch, rather than gently fade. I also reduced the green, as the green LED seemed a little overpowering. // How fast it runs float pulseSpeed=500; int ldrPin=0; // Light Resistor is in Pin 0 int redLed= 11; // Red is in 11 int greenLed=10; int blueLed=9; int ambientLight; // Stores the room's light float power=150; // Lamp Brightness (2-255) float RGB[3]; float rot; float CommonMathVariable=180.0/PI; // Setup void setup() { // Set pins to be output pinMode(redLed,OUTPUT); pinMode(greenLed,OUTPUT); pinMode(blueLed,OUTPUT); // Initialise as low digitalWrite(redLed,LOW); digitalWrite(greenLed,LOW); digitalWrite(blueLed,LOW); } void loop() { rot=rot+0.25; if (rot>360) {rot=rot-360;} RGB[0]=powerabs(sin(rot(0.0174533))); RGB[1]=powerabs(sin((rot+120)(0.0174533))); RGB[2]=powerabs(sin((rot+240)(0.0174533))); ambientLight=analogRead(ldrPin); if (ambientLight>600) { // ldrPin - darker = higher number analogWrite(redLed,RGB[0]); analogWrite(greenLed,RGB[1]0.5); analogWrite(blueLed,RGB[2]); } else { digitalWrite(redLed,LOW); digitalWrite(greenLed,LOW); digitalWrite(blueLed,LOW); } for (int i=0;i<3;i++) { if (RGB[i]<1) { delay (20(pulseSpeed/100.0)); } else if (RGB[i]<5) { delay (10(pulseSpeed/100.0)); } else if (RGB[i]<10) { delay (6(pulseSpeed/100.0)); } else if (RGB[i]<100) { delay (1(pulseSpeed/100.0)); } else {} } // for i delay(1); } --v Magic!!! The end result > Reveal 🔎 View on YouTube -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 11 Dec 2017, 09:37
rockford	That's nice, that is
Mon, 11 Dec 2017, 11:21
steve_ancell	Yay!, you got an UNO
Mon, 11 Dec 2017, 11:23
steve_ancell	Not used my UNO in a while, been too occupied with getting this tile map editor thing up and running properly.
Fri, 29 Dec 2017, 09:57
Jayenkai	Just when you think you can give up for the day, and relax, in comes... Crate #2 > Reveal 🔎 Box two contains "Memory Game", which is a little Simon-alike. As before, you start by building the kit. [flickr]39342595822[/flickr] Piece by piece [flickr]24507917687[/flickr] Bit by bit [flickr]39372121421[/flickr] Until it's done. Then you sit and type out the code from the booklet, and tweak certain things so it works a little better. [flickr]38494706335[/flickr] The piezo-speaker was HELLA-LOUD, so I shoved the little sticker back onto it, to try to calm the bloody thing down a little. Seems to have worked! (I did, of course, try coding it quieter, but it seems to be an On/Off device, rather than having subtle volume control) View on YouTube -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Fri, 29 Dec 2017, 11:24
spinal	bung a resister inline with it, it should be using some sort of pulse modulation as they work exactly the same as a speaker. Also coding it quieter should work fine assuming you're sending a value between 0 and 255 on a timer to make the sound. -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
Fri, 29 Dec 2017, 12:06
rockford	Nice little project
Fri, 29 Dec 2017, 13:05
Jayenkai	"bung a resister inline" sounds like the sort of experimenting that will no doubt explode in my face No idea what size, or anything! ... but it did come with a spare one. Hmmm... -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Thu, 25 Jan 2018, 06:32
Jayenkai	Crate Number Three > Reveal 🔎 [flickr]28111007279[/flickr] The Distance Detector [flickr]39858862762[/flickr] A third little project, this time with a bit more "Learning" involved. They guide you to add the components to the board, but once you're up to the wires, they leave you to figure it out for yourself, based on the values you wrote in the code! [flickr]38991941475[/flickr] Luckily, I didn't blow shit up, so that's good. View on YouTube The result is rather simple and neat, with the "ultrasound" detector picking up it's outputted beeps being bounced back off surfaces, and letting you know how far away they are. View on YouTube Oddly, if you point it right at it, the iPhone's camera picks up the sound of the ultrasound! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Thu, 25 Jan 2018, 09:46
rockford	Neat little parking sensor It's good that they are letting you learn a bit about the kit
Thu, 22 Feb 2018, 08:38
Jayenkai	Crate Number Four !Spoiler! [flickr]38610567000[/flickr] This month's build is labelled a "LED Dice Game" .. Not much of a Game, but it is at least a working dice! [flickr]40421328521[/flickr] A complicated set of pins to find, this time, having to poke and prod around to find the right spots for everything. [flickr]39710785954[/flickr] And a set of wires to make everything that much more squiggly! Code was nice and easy. They listed the code with gaps in it, eg "digitalWrite(____,HIGH);", and you had to fill in the blanks by figuring out which of the 4 wires would light up which of the 7 LEDs, to display the correct number. That was quite fun, and as far as educating about coding goes, that's a really nice puzzle to have to figure out. Once it was working for the one dice (die..), I set about adding the extra components to add the second dice, and then added a bit of "Rolling" to the code, since the original code just flashed up a single static random number.. But, yeah.. Nice! View on YouTube -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 19 Mar 2018, 06:40
Jayenkai	Bought some cheap 9v Square batteries and connectors that work with the little ArduinoUNO boards. No idea how long those batteries might last, but it's much better than having each project be USB connected to the laptop, once finished. I wouldnâ€™t mind printing a little case or two, but by the time you add the Arduino, the breadboard, and then all the wires and battery, the whole case would probably take about 3 weeks to print!!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 26 Mar 2018, 08:11
Jayenkai	Hmm. Not much to see, this month. Crate Number Five > Reveal 🔎 Optical Theramin The sound of this bloody thing went RIGHT through me... Bad heaad, Badd heaad, Bad Heaadd!! View on YouTube AAARRGGHH!!!!! At this point, I stopped. It vaguely works the way it's supposed to, but.. GAH!!!!!! Lessons learned 1. You had to figure out bits of the wiring yourself, trying not to blow shit up as you went. 2. You also needed to fill in a couple of blanks in the coding section, but they were things like "print a message to the debugger", and I had to cheat to figure it out, as .. since the last time I did debugging messages from Arduino, I've also been debugging from PHP, C++, Monkey-X, BlitzMax and Blitz3D.. Didn't have a fucking clue!!! It was a fairly decent lesson, but ... GAWD my ears!!! Note : The Distance Detector (Crate Three) was infinitely better at being a theramin than this one. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 26 Mar 2018, 08:47
spinal	Do you get a new arduino every month?
Mon, 26 Mar 2018, 09:10
Jayenkai	Yeah! Come month 12, Iâ€™ll be able to build a superduinomegabot!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 26 Mar 2018, 09:24
spinal	You know, with just one resistor (possibly 2, can't remember) you can hook one up to your TV. That is if you're TV is old enough to accept an analog video signal. Then you could make a TV version of spike dislike! -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
Mon, 26 Mar 2018, 09:27
Jayenkai	I might have to look in to that!! D'you reckon it'll do a QuadDef version?! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 26 Mar 2018, 10:40
spinal	I think 160x100 or similar. I remember some people managed to do much better, no doubt they left code all over the place for that. -edit- 320x200, possibly in colour, depending on your arduino i guess. https://www.hackster.io/janost/avr-videoblaster-8026fd -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
Mon, 26 Mar 2018, 11:15
Jayenkai	Um... yeah.. maybe not to the telly, then!! I have considered some kind of 64x64 grid of leds for Platdude Pixelarts.. not a clue where to start, there, though!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 26 Mar 2018, 11:47
spinal	64x64 is probably going to be very slow. my 32x16 led frame almost looks ok. -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
Mon, 26 Mar 2018, 11:49
Jayenkai	It wouldn't need to be fast, maybe a new image every 15 minutes or so. There's thousands of 'em, though!! That ain't gonna fit in memory! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 26 Mar 2018, 12:19
spinal	You can wire up an SD card, that isn't an issue. -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
Mon, 26 Mar 2018, 12:55
Jayenkai	16x16 grid.. Slicer says "Fuck off!!" (The progress bar under the second upper-left, save icon, button isn't budging from 1%) -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Thu, 31 May 2018, 08:23
Jayenkai	Alright, alright.. Gawd, that Newsletter guy won't let up, will he? Geeze.. Month 6 - Reflex Game Apologies for lack of photos, but I did most of this build last month, and things were a bit hectic. The build and code were mostly uninteresting, aside from the fact that my head was pounding, and as a result the many dots on the breadboard were giving me a bit of a double-vision issue. Other than that, it went relatively smoothly, but then one of the buttons weren't working, and my head was killing me, and the table was out of use, and I was doing it on the floor, and .. Bah.. I gave up. Today I rechecked the wires, reseated the buttons, and double checked the code. All is golden, and now the two player button reflex game is working. Tap the middle button to start, then there's 3 rounds. The first to hit their button after the blue light appears wins. View on YouTube Month 7 This month's was quite a tricky thing to get working. Well, the build wasn't. The build was 2 little premade chips that you dump on the breadboard. This is much like the radio chip from the Advent Calendar, in that you don't really do anything all that interesting, other than dot a few wires around the place. Teehee. Silly little owl face! With the wires dotted around the place, it was time to code, and FUCK ME was that a pain. If you aren't used to coding, this would've been one hell of a bastard job, as the required includes weren't included with the Arduino-Kit Install. Instead I had to google-search for the .cpp/.h files, and implement them myself. That was NOT something I expected having to do, especially since the little booklet simply said "include the file!" as if everything would work perfectly, first time. Bah. Anyway, I eventually got the thing going, and the weather app kicked into gear. Unfortunately, since the arduino only outputs it's information to your system (because there's no display to speak of), it means this is a "only when hooked up to your system" sort of thing. Hopefully in the future they'll give up some sort of nice visual output doohickey that I can use to make this into something more functional, but.. Who knows.. (I could probably look that up, if I'm honest!) Beware, uneventful video! View on YouTube It's nice to have gotten a weather chip. I'm guessing the weather chip needs to be in open-air, so if I print a nice case, it'd need to be external somehow. But I have buttons, a couple of light/sonar sensors, a weather chip, a bunch of LEDs, and from the advent calendar I also have a little radio chip, as well as a nice speaker. Given all these components, I could quite possibly create some sort of super clock radio kind of device. Hmm.. That might be something to look forward to!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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