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Revision as of 08:45, 9 April 2014
This is a project that I worked with artist Peter Blunt on will be in One Spark. Inspired by the Jetsons and old Star Trek, we made a Retro-Future Desk (Peter calls it the Space Cadet Desk, but I have standards) It has lots of blinking lights and buttons to push and a psuedo-theremin using an IR distance sensor.
Google+ Pictures here: https://plus.google.com/photos/101251666522239139683/albums/5995636879352451873
Or on my wiki:
Specs:
- 1 Arduino Mega
- 1 Adafruit Boarduino (Decimila clone)
- 3 8x8 Bi-color matrices (with SPI)
- 2 24 LED PWM boards
- 7 Adafruit Neopixels(RGB LEDs with built in controller chips)
- 1 unused mp3 decoder board (conflicted with PWM boards :-( plus power issues)
- 1 Servo
- 1 IR sensor
- 1 Joystick
By default the Bicolor matrices run the Conway's Life cellular
automata simulator, and a pitch indicator when the theremin is active.
About 2500 lines of C code went into making it all function together.
It is housed at the Southlight Gallery, near Hemming Plaza, on Hogan
Street between Adams and Monroe.
For One Spark , we are in the Art category, titled "Art of Furniture"
Project #20942 Give us a vote or two if you like the project.
Our project page is here:
http://www.beonespark.com/discover/creator_projects/art-of-furniture
Peter plans to continue to make more themed art desks in the coming
year. This was just the first of many.