Theory and Practice of Tangible User Interfaces

Announcements

November 24, 2007
Reading for November 27th, are now posted. Enjoy!

October 2, 2007
To upload your thoughtless acts, create a new assignment page like any other lab. You'll see "Thoughtless Acts" listed as one of the assignment options.

May 24, 2008
This site has been archived and is no longer editable. Stay tuned for the next version, coming in the fall!

Smart Coaster

Wed, 10/03/2007 - 22:11 — Anirban Sen

Assignment:

Lab 5 - Output: Piezo speakers/Processing

Project Members:

Anirban Sen

For this lab assignment, I created a "Smart Coaster". This device will be used in gatherings and party situations. It may also be used in a club/bar scene. The FSR is attached to the coaster, and the LEDs and Piezo speaker can also be attached. When the drinker has finished his or her drink, he or she will place the empty glass on the coaster. The weight of the empty glass will be sensed by the FSR and translated to LED and Piezo Speaker Output. This is the simultaneous input and output device that the assignment was specifying.

Components:

Arduino Microprocessor

LEDs

Piezo Speaker

FSR

Coaster

Arduino programming environment

Code:

int sensorPin = 0; // select the input pin for the sensor

int speakerPin = 7; //select the input for the speaker

int ledPin1 = 9; // select the output pin for the LED

int ledPin2 = 10;

int ledPin3 = 11;

int val = 0; // variable to store the value coming from the sensor

int FSRPin = 0; //to store value from FSR

void setup() {

beginSerial(9600);

pinMode(ledPin1, OUTPUT);

pinMode(ledPin2, OUTPUT);

pinMode(ledPin3, OUTPUT);

pinMode(speakerPin, OUTPUT);

}

void loop() {

FSRPin = analogRead(FSRPin); //read value from FSR

analogWrite(ledPin1, val/4); // analogWrite (dimming the LED) can be between 0-255

analogWrite(ledPin2, val/4);

analogWrite(ledPin3, val/4);

if(FSRPin>50){

digitalWrite(speakerPin, HIGH);

delayMicroseconds(val);

digitalWrite(speakerPin, LOW);

delayMicroseconds(val);

}

Attachment	Size
Assignment5_1.JPG	115.77 KB
Assignment5_2.JPG	127.18 KB

Comments

Thu, 10/04/2007 - 00:29 — David Nguyen

nice, I hope some day I will

nice, I hope some day I will never see an empty beer glass again with this!