The Faux Shaux

It’s 8:08 AM… yes people, 808. and i did consume 8+8 caffeinated beverages over the course of the last 22 hours I’ve been P-Comping. I’m not great on documentation after I crash out, but here’s some Arduino code.

int incomingByte = 0;

//servo variables

int servoPin = 2;     // Control pin for servo motor

int minPulse = 500;   // Minimum servo position

int maxPulse = 2500;  // Maximum servo position

int pulse = 0;        // Amount to pulse the servo

int increment = 50; //there are 40 gear teeth of planar movement

//the servo has 2000 explicit values

//this means 1 tooth is our greatest resolution of movement

//ergo, pulse50 = 1 tooth

//so if we move 5 times/sec, which is 250pulse/sec

//the total render time is 8 seconds

int movePerSec = 5; // how quickly we are rendering the model

int delayTime = 10000 / movePerSec; //determines proper delay

//pixels

int incomingBytes[9]={255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255}; //set all pins to white

int currentPinVal[9];

int pixelPin=9; //set pixel  pin

long lastPulse = 0;    // the time in milliseconds of the last pulse

int refreshTime = 20; // the time needed in between pulses

int analogValue = 0;  // the value returned from the analog sensor

int analogPin = 0;    // the analog pin that the sensor’s on

void setup(){

pinMode(servoPin, OUTPUT);  // Set servo pin as an output pin

pinMode(pixelPin, OUTPUT);

pulse = minPulse;           // Set the motor position value to the minimum

Serial.begin(9600);

}

void loop(){

if(Serial.available() > 0)

{

incomingBytes[8]=Serial.read(); //just read the 9th pixel

//get values & map to usable servo data

for(i=0;i<9;i++)

{

//incomingBytes[i]=Serial.read();   //get pixel values from Processing

currentPinVal[i] = map(incomingBytes[i], 0, 255, 500, 2500); //change brightness value to depth

Serial.print(“I received: “);

Serial.println(incomingBytes[i]);

}

//place servo at first position

digitalWrite(servoPin, HIGH);   // Turn the motor on

delayMicroseconds(pulse);       // Length of the pulse sets the motor position

digitalWrite(servoPin, LOW);    // Turn the motor off

lastPulse = millis();           // save the time of the last pulse

}

//delay(100);

//pulse = map(incomingByte, 0, 255, minPulse, maxPulse); //changing brightness value to servo position

// pulse the servo again if rhe refresh time (20 ms) have passed:

//TO ADD: conditional servo reset to 500 & resetting magnets back on

// also, check if all magnets are off

if (millis() – lastPulse >= refreshTime)

{

if(pulse >= currentPinVal[0])//if we are have passed the pin’s value

{

digitalWrite(pixelPin, LOW)//turn off magnet through transistor

}

else

{

digitalWrite(servoPin, HIGH);   // Turn the motor on

delayMicroseconds(pulse);       // Length of the pulse sets the motor position

digitalWrite(servoPin, LOW);    // Turn the motor off

lastPulse = millis();           // save the time of the last pulse

pulse += increment;

delay(delayTime);

}

}

}