CODING WORKSHOP

ARDUINO

LED plugged in to pin 13 and GND pin. Then plugged into computer and programmed using 'Arduino' software.

FLASHING LED

FLASHING LED 2

LED WITH SENSOR

Using a light sensor to trigger LED "on/off" state.

LED flashing with a longer 'delay' between the LED "on/off" state, this is done by increasing the 'delay' number in the code.

LED flashing.

Sensitivity of the sensor needed increasing, however this video illustrates the outcome despite this.

MELODY

RESEARCH

A diagram briefly illustrating the Arduino Uno.

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LABELLING ARDUINO

PROJECTS WITH ARDUINO:

This 'angle-poise lamp' project created by Shanshan Zhou in 2012 really emphasises what can be achieved with the Arduino. The interactive light responds to movement through the camera, it is incredible the way that this project has brought a lamp to life, making it feel like it has a personality- like the Pixar lamp in reality.

the pixar lamp


in reality

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"Arduino controlled via bluetooth to drive a stepper motor. The stepper motor controls the movements of the lights remotely from Processing." - Kim Pimmel

An example of combining Arduino with other techniques and how it can aid creation rather than create in its own right.

light drive

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pantone light

Pantone Light
+ Arduino
+ Sensor captor
+ RGB Leds

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This uses the sensor to trigger the release of a certain colour from the LED's.

I really like the interactive style that this example has to offer a user. It is like a 'game', particularly for children, they learn colour pairing and what triggers information generation also.

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RASPBERRY PI

WHAT IS RASPBERRY PI?

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In simple terms, it is a small and cheap computer, it has ports for mouse and keyboard and it's aim is similar to that of Arduino- to encourage programming and make it more accessible.

Raspberry Pi differs from Arduino on the basis that it can be used as a computer rather than Arduino which cannot.

digitalWrite(led, HIGH);

delay(5000);

digitalWrite(led, LOW);

delay(5000);

}

Using the Arduino website as a tutorial i experimented with other functions i could achieve.

By using the speaker i had and the code on the Arduino website i managed to get a melody playback.

It involved adding a new tab in the Arduino software to enable the definition of the tones, but once i had that sorted it worked really well.

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MOTOR

CODE FROM:

in the serial monitor entering the digits 0-225 adjusted the speed of the motor. It only started to move at 20, and you can see in video 1 i input the number 100, and in video 2 i start with 20 and then input 255.

I decided to have another go and play with this flashing LED a little more.
Flash speed increased by changing the 'delay' values to 50, and then also decreased by changing 'delay' values to 5000.