Comments on: Nervous BlinkM http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/ Alex' blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:29:18 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Alex http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/comment-page-1/#comment-79255 Alex Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:01:29 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/#comment-79255 Hi Wiley, that should be possible. The Arduino has 6 analog inputs, that you can use. Processing speed will not be an issue, I think. Cheers, Alex Hi Wiley,
that should be possible. The Arduino has 6 analog inputs, that you can use. Processing speed will not be an issue, I think.
Cheers,
Alex

]]> By: Wiley Wiggins http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/comment-page-1/#comment-79248 Wiley Wiggins Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:07:38 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/#comment-79248 This is exactly what I was looking for. I managed to use an ultrasonic rangefinder to dim a regular led using Map Value, but I didn't know how to do the same with a blinkM. Two things: Do you think it's possible to do the same thing with three Ping))) ultrasonic sensors (which work pretty much the same as your ir sensor), each one controlling the brightness of one lamp on the blinkm? Is that too much stuff to stick on one arduino? How about 4- I have a bunch of uv leds too and it would be cool to have a uv phase. This is exactly what I was looking for. I managed to use an ultrasonic rangefinder to dim a regular led using Map Value, but I didn’t know how to do the same with a blinkM.

Two things:

Do you think it’s possible to do the same thing with three Ping))) ultrasonic sensors (which work pretty much the same as your ir sensor), each one controlling the brightness of one lamp on the blinkm? Is that too much stuff to stick on one arduino? How about 4- I have a bunch of uv leds too and it would be cool to have a uv phase.

]]> By: Alex http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/comment-page-1/#comment-63524 Alex Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:48:00 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/#comment-63524 Hi Rob, I uploaded the missing sketch. Cheers, Alex Hi Rob,
I uploaded the missing sketch.
Cheers,
Alex

]]> By: Rob Bain http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/comment-page-1/#comment-63319 Rob Bain Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:25:40 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/#comment-63319 My two sketches are really simple. One changes the color, the other changes the frequency. Here is the code for the first one. Did I miss the second one? Can I use just one if I don't want the range side of it? Thanks My two sketches are really simple. One changes the color, the other changes the frequency. Here is the code for the first one.

Did I miss the second one?
Can I use just one if I don’t want the range side of it?
Thanks

]]> By: Matteo Caprari http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/comment-page-1/#comment-23417 Matteo Caprari Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:19:28 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/#comment-23417 Hi there. I'v started a little open source project, the goal is to write an open source firmware for blinkm (or any atmel + 3 leds). http://code.google.com/p/codalyze/wiki/CyzRgb Matteo Hi there.

I’v started a little open source project, the goal is to write an open source firmware for blinkm (or any atmel + 3 leds).

http://code.google.com/p/codalyze/wiki/CyzRgb

Matteo

]]> By: Ric http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/comment-page-1/#comment-9361 Ric Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:43:09 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/#comment-9361 I see! Thanks. I see! Thanks.

]]> By: Alex http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/comment-page-1/#comment-9248 Alex Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:21:17 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/#comment-9248 The BlinkM has built-in scripts that let the LED blink. While one of these scripts runs, you can control the speed of that script. That makes it blink faster. And you can control the fading speed. That makes it fading faster or slower. But the color can not be changed while this script runs. Another option would have been to program the blinking and the colors on our own without the advanced features of the BlinkM, but that would have made the sketches more complex. The BlinkM has built-in scripts that let the LED blink. While one of these scripts runs, you can control the speed of that script. That makes it blink faster. And you can control the fading speed. That makes it fading faster or slower. But the color can not be changed while this script runs.
Another option would have been to program the blinking and the colors on our own without the advanced features of the BlinkM, but that would have made the sketches more complex.

]]> By: Ric http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/comment-page-1/#comment-9232 Ric Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:54:05 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2008/03/15/nervous-blinkm/#comment-9232 "It is not possible to combine the two sketches into one to control the color and the frequency." Why not? “It is not possible to combine the two sketches into one to control the color and the frequency.”

Why not?

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