Fiddling With Phidgets
- 1. Fiddling with Phidgets Connecting to hardware
- 2. Who Am I? Steven Peeters Unit manager / Instructor / consultant at multimediacollegeTM • Adobe Flex, AIR, Flash Catalyst & ColdFusion Certified Instructor • Adobe Community Professional • ColdFusion User Group Manager • 12+ years of development experience • Flex & AIR since 2004 • Author for Friends of ED Email: steven@multimediacollege.be LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stevenpeeters Twitter: @aikisteve Blog www.flexpert.be Website www.multimediacollege.be
- 3. Topics • Arduino • Phidgets • Other hardware Twitter hash tag: #fiddlingphidgets
- 4. Getting started • Yeah, how did I get started on this?
- 5. Getting started • Yeah, how did I get started on this? • College
- 6. Getting started • Yeah, how did I get started on this? • College • Prototype This
- 7. Getting started • Yeah, how did I get started on this? • College • Prototype This • Grant Skinner
- 8. Differences Boards, light sensors, Components Boards motors, displays, ... Shields: XBee, Ethernet, Thermocouple, Third party motors electrodes, sensors, ... Out of the box Ease of use Build your own stuff components Cheap, build your own Don’t worry about Advantage components making mistakes Disadvantage Build your own stuff Little bit more expensive
- 9. Differences Boards, light sensors, Components Boards motors, displays, ... Shields: XBee, Ethernet, Thermocouple, Third party motors electrodes, sensors, ... Out of the box Ease of use Build your own stuff components Cheap, build your own Don’t worry about Advantage components making mistakes Disadvantage Build your own stuff Little bit more expensive
- 10. Differences Boards, light sensors, Components Boards motors, displays, ... Shields: XBee, Ethernet, Thermocouple, Third party motors electrodes, sensors, ... Out of the box Ease of use Build your own stuff components Cheap, build your own Don’t worry about Advantage components making mistakes Disadvantage Build your own stuff Little bit more expensive
- 11. Differences Boards, light sensors, Components Boards motors, displays, ... Shields: XBee, Ethernet, Thermocouple, Third party motors electrodes, sensors, ... Out of the box Ease of use Build your own stuff components Cheap, build your own Don’t worry about Advantage components making mistakes Disadvantage Build your own stuff Little bit more expensive
- 12. Differences Boards, light sensors, Components Boards motors, displays, ... Shields: XBee, Ethernet, Thermocouple, Third party motors electrodes, sensors, ... Out of the box Ease of use Build your own stuff components Cheap, build your own Don’t worry about Advantage components making mistakes Disadvantage Build your own stuff Little bit more expensive
- 13. Differences Boards, light sensors, Components Boards motors, displays, ... Shields: XBee, Ethernet, Thermocouple, Third party motors electrodes, sensors, ... Out of the box Ease of use Build your own stuff components Cheap, build your own Don’t worry about Advantage components making mistakes Disadvantage Build your own stuff Little bit more expensive
- 14. Arduino • http://www.arduino.cc • Shields (add-ons) • Get started for only $30
- 15. Arduino shields
- 16. Arduino shields
- 19. Programming Arduino • Open-source • Large community
- 20. Programming Arduino • Open-source • Large community • Lots of example available
- 21. Programming Arduino • Open-source • Large community • Lots of example available • Language based on processing
- 22. Programming Arduino • Open-source • Large community • Lots of example available • Language based on processing • extensible with C, C++, Flash...
- 23. Programming Arduino • Open-source • Large community • Lots of example available • Language based on processing • extensible with C, C++, Flash... • examples in the IDE and on http://tv.adobe.com
- 24. Programming Arduino • Connecting to Flash/Flex
- 25. Programming Arduino • Connecting to Flash/Flex • Upload Firmata program to board
- 26. Programming Arduino • Connecting to Flash/Flex • Upload Firmata program to board • SerProxy/TinkerProxy
- 27. Programming Arduino • Connecting to Flash/Flex • Upload Firmata program to board • SerProxy/TinkerProxy • AS3Glue: http://code.google.com/p/as3glue/
- 28. Programming Arduino • Connecting to Flash/Flex • Upload Firmata program to board • SerProxy/TinkerProxy • AS3Glue: http://code.google.com/p/as3glue/ • Use Arduino object methods
- 29. Arduino Example private var arduino:Arduino; private function initApp():void { arduino = new Arduino("localhost", 5331); arduino.setPinMode(13, Arduino.OUTPUT); arduino.writeDigitalPin(13, Arduino.HIGH); var value:int = arduino.getAnalogData(2); }
- 30. Phidgets • http://www.phidgets.com • Lots of components • Get started for $77
- 32. Phidgets Programming Languages • Flash • C# • Flex • Python • Java • MathLAB • Delphi •C • Cocoa • C++ • Visual Basic • ...
- 33. Programming Phidgets • Connecting to Flash/Flex
- 34. Programming Phidgets • Connecting to Flash/Flex • Install drivers for boards
- 35. Programming Phidgets • Connecting to Flash/Flex • Install drivers for boards • Run web service
- 36. Programming Phidgets • Connecting to Flash/Flex • Install drivers for boards • Run web service • Use Phigets21Library.swc
- 37. Phidgets Servo Motor Example private var phidgetsServo:PhidgetAdvancedServo; protected function initApp():void { phidgetsServo = new PhidgetAdvancedServo(); phidgetsServo.addEventListener(PhidgetEvent.ATTACH, onAttach); phidgetsServo.open("localhost", 5001); } private function onAttach(event:PhidgetEvent):void { phidgetsServo.setPosition(0, 120); phidgetsServo.setPosition(1, 120); phidgetsServo.setPosition(4, 120); phidgetsServo.setPosition(5, 120); }
- 38. Phidgets Interface Example private var phidgetsInterfaceKit:PhidgetInterfaceKit; protected function initApp():void { phidgetsInterfaceKit = new PhidgetInterfaceKit(); phidgetsInterfaceKit.addEventListener(PhidgetEvent.ATTACH, onAttach); phidgetsInterfaceKit.addEventListener(PhidgetDataEvent.SENSOR_CHANGE, onSensorChange); phidgetsInterfaceKit.open("localhost", 5001); } private function onInterfaceAttach(event:PhidgetEvent):void { phidgetsInterfaceKit.setOutputState(0, true); phidgetsInterfaceKit.setOutputState(1, false); } private function onSensorChange(event:PhidgetDataEvent):void { trace("sensor value = " + Number(event.Data)); }
- 39. Phidgets showcase Remote controlled maze
- 40. Under the hood
- 41. The only limit is your imagination
- 42. The only limit is your imagination
- 43. The only limit is your imagination
- 44. Thank you Twitter: @aikisteve Email: steven@multimediacollege.be Personal site: www.flexpert.be