I ordered most of the electronics from Sparkfun, and picked up the rest from the local Radioshack. The acrylic I got from a local plastic shop(!) - t...
Step 3: Connect the Arduino and WiFly to a computer
Sparkfun have a decent tutorial on how to do this: www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tutorial_info.php Firstly, the Wifly breakout board needs to be stacked...
Only some pins provide 8-bit PWM (Pulse-width modulation) This gives 256 steps of control from full off (0) to full on (255) for each of the Red, Gree...
The attached WorldMood.zip contains 4 subdirectories (or "libraries") and the Arduino sketch WorldMood.pde The four libraries need to be copied into ...
Step 8: Programming step 2: Connecting to a Wireless Network
Again, this is largely based on the sparkfun tutorial, but I've removed the delays with "waits for response". This speeds things up and is easier to e...
A simple library for setting the colour of an RGB LED. The library will fade between the colours as the world mood changes, and will flash if it is a ...
The mood light should be responsive enough to reflect what has just happened in the world, but it must not be so overly sensitive as to be susceptible...
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