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You can still use I2C; that’s probably the best path forward.
There are quite a few possible ways to approach this. The Pixy site has info about some of the ways: http://cmucam.org/projects/cmucam5/wiki/Hooking_up_Pixy_to_a_Microcontroller_like_an_Arduino
The Peggy 2 is an Arduino-compatible board, and you can hook the two of them up in different ways. The default method– using the 6-pin SPI port — is not actually suitable because the Peggy 2 uses SPI output to control the LED matrix. However, you can use either the I2C or (best of all) the UART option. Use the “SER” jumper option when building the Peggy 2, and the Peggy2serial library for controlling it.It is certainly possible, if you’re willing to build your own custom fixtures to hold the spheres. The egg holders that come with the EggBot are designed for objects above a certain size. Issue (1) is that they don’t reach far enough to touch each other– you’ll need to extend both, in order to fit arbitrarily small objects. Issue (2) is that the egg holders have a certain diameter, which (while appropriate for larger objects) will obscure quite a bit of a small sphere.
All of the software and motion control will essentially work fine for you, but you do need to worry about those two issues, and you may well be able to adapt it to work for you.If you have a strong need to hack it, you can either use an older version of Processing, update the relevant code snippet yourself, or ask us to update it.
It certainly *should,* but Processing changes certain functions with each release, and there has been a change to the “selectinput” function since we last updated this code. We would have updated the code sooner, but we had avoided updating Processing because of bugs in the new version that prevented exporting compiled apps. If the latest version of Processing is able to export working apps again, we can go ahead and update the code. :P
Please see here for how to install a library: http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Libraries
Several questions:
– Are you running StippleGen or StippleGen 2?– Does it work correctly if you run the compiled mac application, rather than running from source?– Which version of Processing are you using?Awesome!
Yes, you can set the dip switches for a 6-second activation period. (It does not fully “reset” after that– it just goes idle to wait for the next trigger.)
The Art Controller has an on-board voltage regulator, and is designed that you can run it straight from 12 V (using the yellow (+12 V) and black (0 V) wires from a PC power supply. If you would prefer to drive it directly from 5 V (using the red wire (+5 V) and black (0 V) from a PC power supply), you can do that, but a little care is required. See our instructions about “omitting the voltage regulator” on this page: http://wiki.evilmadscientist.com/Art_Controller_Hardware_Variations The “trigger @ reset” option does not change whether or not it is a “one shot” — it just makes it so that it triggers automatically (as though you had pressed the button) when the Art Controller first turns on.
Use the “trigger @ reset” option, to have it trigger automatically when it first gets power, and do not add any of the other optional jumpers.
Can you please say what wasn’t clear about that in the instructions?Your computer will definitely not be able to connect to the EggBot until the driver installed.
I have not seen this error before on Win 8 or XP. It sounds like you may not have permission to install the driver on your system.Use this version: https://code.google.com/p/eggbotcode/downloads/detail?name=UBWDriverInstaller_v20.exe To run it, right-click and run as administrator.Can you please clarify what you mean by “under hardware setup problems with the driver?” Does that mean that you were unable to install the driver?
I’d recommend using the type of shock sensor that has a spring in it. Then, use a 555 timer in monostable mode to stretch out the pulse.
Yes, here is an example: http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/PJ-002B/CP-002B-ND/96965
