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Pete Hodgson
January 03, 2014
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Building Your Own Lightsaber
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Transcript
Building your own Lightsaber
me me me Pete Hodgson Consultant at ThoughtWorks @ph1 blog.thepete.net
TSA Pro-Tip™
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Green Field http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillclardy/3213748255
Continuous Integration
Feedback
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Feedback
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmueller/52621490/ what if you have no build box?
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Raspberry Pi
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Raspberry Pi
visual indicator aka build light
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Build Light
Pretending to work
raspberry pi & build light
done.
done. ?
build light build my own lightsaber
Learning by Doing
Learning Doing
Learning Doing Learning By Doing
Choose a “right-sized“ problem
build light build my own lightsaber
LEDs low voltage (can be powered via USB) bright flexible
(blinky! colors!)
all the colors
The Drefus Model
Beginner Expert
Beginner detailed step-by-step instructions no wider context
Beginner detailed step-by-step instructions no wider context Expert wider context
(goal) no details (yet)
Know where you are on the Drefus scale
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all the colors
multi-color LEDs Search
multi-color LEDs Search an LED can only be one color…
but LEDs can come in many colors… solution: combine different colored LEDs
RGB color mixing
vary LED brightness Search
vary LED brightness Pulse Width Modulation P W M Search
Incandescent Bulb Voltage Brightness
LED Voltage Brightness
voltage 100% 0% time brightness: 100%
voltage 100% 0% time
50% on 50% off duty cycle voltage 100% 0% time
50% on 50% off duty cycle brightness: 50% voltage 100%
0% time
voltage 100% 0% time
25% on 75% off voltage 100% 0% time
brightness: 25% 25% on 75% off voltage 100% 0% time
Don't trust your intuition '
Red LED + Green LED + Blue LED + PWM
= all the colors!
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Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM
GPIO Pins
Raspberry Pi has two GPIO pins which capable of PWM
output. Our light needs three.
Arduino
Arduino is an Open-Source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible,
easy-to-use hardware and software. - arduino.cc
Arduino
Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM
Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM Arduino
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Feature-creep as a learning tool
Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM Arduino
???
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baby steps, towards an eventual goal.
sketch 1 blinking an LED (Hello World of hardware)
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IO pin ground pin
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pin “high” (+ve voltage)
pin “low” (0 voltage)
int LED_PIN = 6;! ! void setup() { ! pinMode(LED_PIN,
OUTPUT); ! }! ! void loop() {! digitalWrite(LED_PIN, HIGH);! delay(1000); ! digitalWrite(LED_PIN, LOW);! delay(1000); ! }!
sketch 2 fading an LED (PWM)
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int LED_PIN = 6;! int MAX_BRIGHTNESS = 255;! int brightness
= 0;! ! void setup() { ! pinMode(LED_PIN, OUTPUT); ! }! ! void loop() {! analogWrite(LED_PIN, brightness);! ! brightness = brightness + 5;! if( brightness > MAX_BRIGHTNESS )! brightness = 0;! ! delay(30);! }!
int LED_PIN = 6;! int MAX_BRIGHTNESS = 255;! int brightness
= 0;! ! void setup() { ! pinMode(LED_PIN, OUTPUT); ! }! ! void loop() {! analogWrite(LED_PIN, brightness);! ! brightness = brightness + 5;! if( brightness > MAX_BRIGHTNESS )! brightness = 0;! ! delay(30);! }! PWM
sketch 3 mixing colors
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int RED_PIN = 3;! int GREEN_PIN = 5;! int BLUE_PIN
= 6;! int MAX_BRIGHTNESS = 255;! ! void setup() { ! pinMode(RED_PIN, OUTPUT );! pinMode(GREEN_PIN, OUTPUT );! pinMode(BLUE_PIN, OUTPUT );! }! ! void loop() {! byte color[3];! assignRandomColorTo(color);! displayColor(color);! delay(1000); ! }! ! void assignRandomColorTo(byte colorComponents[]){! colorComponents[0] = random(MAX_BRIGHTNESS);!
int RED_PIN = 3;! int GREEN_PIN = 5;! int BLUE_PIN
= 6;! int MAX_BRIGHTNESS = 255;! ! void setup() { ! pinMode(RED_PIN, OUTPUT );! pinMode(GREEN_PIN, OUTPUT );! pinMode(BLUE_PIN, OUTPUT );! }! ! void loop() {! byte color[3];! assignRandomColorTo(color);! displayColor(color);! delay(1000); ! }! ! void assignRandomColorTo(byte colorComponents[]){! colorComponents[0] = random(MAX_BRIGHTNESS);!
int RED_PIN = 3;! int GREEN_PIN = 5;! int BLUE_PIN
= 6;! int MAX_BRIGHTNESS = 255;! ! void setup() { ! pinMode(RED_PIN, OUTPUT );! pinMode(GREEN_PIN, OUTPUT );! pinMode(BLUE_PIN, OUTPUT );! }! ! void loop() {! byte color[3];! assignRandomColorTo(color);! displayColor(color);! delay(1000); ! }! ! void assignRandomColorTo(byte colorComponents[]){! colorComponents[0] = random(MAX_BRIGHTNESS);!
! void loop() {! byte color[3];! assignRandomColorTo(color);! displayColor(color);! delay(1000); !
}! ! void assignRandomColorTo(byte colorComponents[]){! colorComponents[0] = random(MAX_BRIGHTNESS);! colorComponents[1] = random(MAX_BRIGHTNESS);! colorComponents[2] = random(MAX_BRIGHTNESS);! }! ! void displayColor(byte colorComponents[]){! analogWrite( RED_PIN, colorComponents[0] );! analogWrite( GREEN_PIN, colorComponents[1] );! analogWrite( BLUE_PIN, colorComponents[2] ); ! }!
! void loop() {! byte color[3];! assignRandomColorTo(color);! displayColor(color);! delay(1000); !
}! ! void assignRandomColorTo(byte colorComponents[]){! colorComponents[0] = random(MAX_BRIGHTNESS);! colorComponents[1] = random(MAX_BRIGHTNESS);! colorComponents[2] = random(MAX_BRIGHTNESS);! }! ! void displayColor(byte colorComponents[]){! analogWrite( RED_PIN, colorComponents[0] );! analogWrite( GREEN_PIN, colorComponents[1] );! analogWrite( BLUE_PIN, colorComponents[2] ); ! }!
! void loop() {! byte color[3];! assignRandomColorTo(color);! displayColor(color);! delay(1000); !
}! ! void assignRandomColorTo(byte colorComponents[]){! colorComponents[0] = random(MAX_BRIGHTNESS);! colorComponents[1] = random(MAX_BRIGHTNESS);! colorComponents[2] = random(MAX_BRIGHTNESS);! }! ! void displayColor(byte colorComponents[]){! analogWrite( RED_PIN, colorComponents[0] );! analogWrite( GREEN_PIN, colorComponents[1] );! analogWrite( BLUE_PIN, colorComponents[2] ); ! }!
! void loop() {! byte color[3];! assignRandomColorTo(color);! displayColor(color);! delay(1000); !
}! ! void assignRandomColorTo(byte colorComponents[]){! colorComponents[0] = random(MAX_BRIGHTNESS);! colorComponents[1] = random(MAX_BRIGHTNESS);! colorComponents[2] = random(MAX_BRIGHTNESS);! }! ! void displayColor(byte colorComponents[]){! analogWrite( RED_PIN, colorComponents[0] );! analogWrite( GREEN_PIN, colorComponents[1] );! analogWrite( BLUE_PIN, colorComponents[2] ); ! }!
Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM Arduino
???
Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM Arduino
???
Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM Arduino
serial
sketch 4 an echo server (serial IO)
void setup()! {! Serial.begin(57600); // start serial port at 57600
bps! }! ! void loop() {! waitForInput();! ! static char input[1025];! int bytesRead = Serial.readBytesUntil( '\n', input, 1024 );! ! if( bytesRead ){! String str = String(input);! str.toUpperCase();! Serial.println(str);! }! }! ! void waitForInput() {! while (Serial.available() <= 0) {! // busy loop! }! }!
void setup()! {! Serial.begin(57600); // start serial port at 57600
bps! }! ! void loop() {! waitForInput();! ! static char input[1025];! int bytesRead = Serial.readBytesUntil( '\n', input, 1024 );! ! if( bytesRead ){! String str = String(input);! str.toUpperCase();! Serial.println(str);! }! }! ! void waitForInput() {! while (Serial.available() <= 0) {! // busy loop! }! }!
void setup()! {! Serial.begin(57600); // start serial port at 57600
bps! }! ! void loop() {! waitForInput();! ! static char input[1025];! int bytesRead = Serial.readBytesUntil( '\n', input, 1024 );! ! if( bytesRead ){! String str = String(input);! str.toUpperCase();! Serial.println(str);! }! }! ! void waitForInput() {! while (Serial.available() <= 0) {! // busy loop! }! }!
void setup()! {! Serial.begin(57600); // start serial port at 57600
bps! }! ! void loop() {! waitForInput();! ! static char input[1025];! int bytesRead = Serial.readBytesUntil( '\n', input, 1024 );! ! if( bytesRead ){! String str = String(input);! str.toUpperCase();! Serial.println(str);! }! }! ! void waitForInput() {! while (Serial.available() <= 0) {! // busy loop! }! }!
void setup()! {! Serial.begin(57600); // start serial port at 57600
bps! }! ! void loop() {! waitForInput();! ! static char input[1025];! int bytesRead = Serial.readBytesUntil( '\n', input, 1024 );! ! if( bytesRead ){! String str = String(input);! str.toUpperCase();! Serial.println(str);! }! }! ! void waitForInput() {! while (Serial.available() <= 0) {! // busy loop! }! }!
void setup()! {! Serial.begin(57600); // start serial port at 57600
bps! }! ! void loop() {! waitForInput();! ! static char input[1025];! int bytesRead = Serial.readBytesUntil( '\n', input, 1024 );! ! if( bytesRead ){! String str = String(input);! str.toUpperCase();! Serial.println(str);! }! }! ! void waitForInput() {! while (Serial.available() <= 0) {! // busy loop! }! }!
Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM Arduino
serial
GPIO Pins
Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED Arduino
Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED Arduino “ffaa11\n”
Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED Arduino “ffaa11\n”
Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED Arduino “ffaa11\n”
Much Learning Arduino- compatibles bareduinos LPC810 soldering! transistors protoboard fritzing
voltage regulators node.js cctray line-level converters command-line builds C++ on Arduino usb to serial external programmers OSS hardware
Resources
Resources
moredip/aphex (work in progress)
Have FUN!
Pete Hodgson @ph1
[email protected]
these slides http://bit.ly/buildlightsaber