Building Your Own Lightsaber

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January 03, 2014
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Building Your Own Lightsaber

Presented at CodeMash 2014

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Pete Hodgson

January 03, 2014
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Transcript

  1. 1.

    Building your own Lightsaber

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    me me me Pete Hodgson Consultant at ThoughtWorks @ph1 blog.thepete.net

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    TSA Pro-Tip™

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    None
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    Green Field http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillclardy/3213748255

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    Continuous Integration

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    Feedback

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    None
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    Feedback

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    http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmueller/52621490/ what if you have
 no build box?

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    None
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    Raspberry Pi

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    Raspberry Pi

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    visual indicator aka build light

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    None
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    Build
 Light

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    Pretending to work

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    raspberry pi & build light

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    done.

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    done. ?

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    build light build my own lightsaber

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    Learning by Doing

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    Learning Doing

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    Learning Doing Learning By Doing

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    Choose a “right-sized“ problem

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    build light build my own lightsaber

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    LEDs low voltage (can be powered via USB) bright flexible

    (blinky! colors!)
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    all the colors

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    The Drefus Model

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    Beginner Expert

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    Beginner detailed step-by-step instructions no wider context

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    Beginner detailed step-by-step instructions no wider context Expert wider context

    (goal) no details (yet)
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    Know where you are on the Drefus scale

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    None
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    all the colors

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    multi-color LEDs Search

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    multi-color LEDs Search an LED can only be one color…

    but LEDs can come in many colors… solution: combine different colored LEDs
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    RGB
 color mixing

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    vary LED brightness Search

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    vary LED brightness Pulse Width Modulation P W M Search

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    Incandescent Bulb Voltage Brightness

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    LED Voltage Brightness

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    voltage 100% 0% time brightness: 100%

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    voltage 100% 0% time

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    50%
 on 50%
 off duty cycle voltage 100% 0% time

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    50%
 on 50%
 off duty cycle brightness: 50% voltage 100%

    0% time
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    voltage 100% 0% time

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    25% on 75% off voltage 100% 0% time

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    brightness: 25% 25% on 75% off voltage 100% 0% time

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    Don't trust your intuition '

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    Red LED + Green LED + Blue LED + PWM

    = all the colors!
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    None
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    Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM

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    GPIO Pins

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    Raspberry Pi has two GPIO pins which capable of PWM

    output. Our light needs three.
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    Arduino

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    Arduino is an Open-Source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible,

    easy-to-use hardware and software. - arduino.cc
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    Arduino

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    Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM

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    Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM Arduino

    ???
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    Feature-creep as a learning tool

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    Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM Arduino

    ???
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    None
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    baby steps, towards an eventual goal.

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    sketch 1 blinking an LED (Hello World of hardware)

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    None
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    IO pin ground pin

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    None
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    pin “high” (+ve voltage)

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    pin “low” (0 voltage)

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    int LED_PIN = 6;! ! void setup() { ! pinMode(LED_PIN,

    OUTPUT); ! }! ! void loop() {! digitalWrite(LED_PIN, HIGH);! delay(1000); ! digitalWrite(LED_PIN, LOW);! delay(1000); ! }!
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    sketch 2 fading an LED (PWM)

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    None
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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);! }!
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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);! }! PWM
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    sketch 3 mixing colors

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    None
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    None
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    None
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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);!
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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);!
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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);!
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    ! 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] ); ! }!
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    ! 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] ); ! }!
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    ! 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] ); ! }!
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    ! 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] ); ! }!
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    Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM Arduino

    ???
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    Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM Arduino

    ???
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    Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM Arduino

    serial
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    sketch 4 an echo server (serial IO)

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    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! }! }!
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    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! }! }!
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    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! }! }!
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    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! }! }!
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    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! }! }!
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    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! }! }!
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    Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED PWM Arduino

    serial
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    GPIO Pins

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    Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED Arduino

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    Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED Arduino “ffaa11\n”

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    Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED Arduino “ffaa11\n”

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    Raspberry PI red LED green LED blue LED Arduino “ffaa11\n”

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    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
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    Resources

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    Resources

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    moredip/aphex (work in progress)

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    Have FUN!

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    Pete Hodgson @ph1 phodgson@thoughtworks.com these slides http://bit.ly/buildlightsaber