MARKY MARK'S BREAKDANCE MACHINE

Make Marky Mark show his craziest dance moves!

In this assignment, a force-sensitive resistor placed in or underneath a shoe acts as a video controller for a short clip that shows Marky Mark dancing.

Like Lucky Luke's shadow, Marky tries hard to keep up with your moves, but he's never quite fast enough for you!

HARDWARE COMPONENTS USED

1 Resistor
1 Force-sensitive resistor
1 Shoe
Arduino computer
Solderless breadboard
Jumper wires

ARDUINO CODE

int photPin = 0;
int ledPin = 10;

void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
int v = analogRead(photPin);
// Serial.print("v: ");
Serial.println(v);

analogWrite(ledPin, v / 4);
delay(50);
}

PROCESSING CODE

import processing.video.*;
import processing.serial.*;

Movie myMovie;

String portname = "/dev/tty.usbserial-A4001nKF"; // or "COM5"
Serial port;
String buf="";
int cr = 13; // ASCII return == 13
int lf = 10; // ASCII linefeed == 10

void setup() {
size(320, 240);
frameRate(10);
smooth();
port = new Serial(this, portname, 9600);
println("loading movie...");
myMovie = new Movie(this, "dance-full-sm.mov");
println("done.");
myMovie.play();
}

void draw() {
image(myMovie, 0, 0);
}

// Called every time a new frame is available to read
void movieEvent(Movie m) {
m.read();
}

// called whenever serial data arrives
void serialEvent(Serial p) {
int c = port.read();
if (c != lf && c != cr) {
buf += char(c);
}
if (c == lf) {
int val = int(buf);
buf = "";
float relLoc = val / 1024;
if (myMovie != null) {
myMovie.jump(myMovie.duration() * val / (1024 * 2));
}
}
}