progress:RGB data to LPD8806

based on code by pbhurges found here:

http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=24731#p128613

Processing:

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

//Video Stuff Capture video;int pixelCols = 1;int pixelRows = 1;int pixelWidth;int pixelHeight;

float r;float g;float b;

static final int nLEDs = 8,latchLen = (nLEDs + 63) / 64;…

SPI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_Peripheral_Interface_Bus#Mode_Numbers

Daisy chain SPI configuration

Daisy-chained SPI bus:master and cooperative slaves Some products with SPI bus are designed to be capable of being connected in a daisy chain configuration,the first slave output being connected to the second slave input,etc. The SPI port of each slave is designed …

*char

http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/String

Arrays of strings It is often convenient,when working with large amounts of text,such as a project with an LCD display,to setup an array of strings. Because strings themselves are arrays,this is in actually an example of a two-dimensional array. In the code below,the asterisk …

Thesis Progress –serial communication

Arduino Code:

/* Serial Event example

When new serial data arrives,this sketch adds it to a String. When a newline is received,the loop prints the string and clears it.

A good test for this is to try it with a GPS receiver that sends out …

Too many small boxes

Andi Cheung and I became interested in Maru the cat. He is a famous internet cat. His primary interests include boxes. For a a portait assignment in video sculpture,Andi and I chose him as our subject. Honestly,it seems the viewer (user?) is really the subject of our portrait. …

Maru Form

Continuing work on a form to poll if people know who Maru is.

We have begun working with the DataMapper library,which uses the YML format to store data.

When storing data,we are using the POST function. It is important to note the relationship between the .html …

Electric Light,Dead Light

On My Work with the Pioneer of Kinetic Electric Light Art,Zdeněk Pešánek (1896-1965):A Memoire Author(s):by Jaromír Fiala Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1577814 .

This reading struck me in its opposition to the current assignment. The class was assigned to create a light sculpture that reflected the styles of certain …

Exploring Constructivism

Chris Selleck and I worked on assignment 1 of Video Sculpture. It was a fun process of creating a light sculpture based on the principles of Constructivism. We chose Constructivism because we were drawn by the graphic quality of their images,and use of light and darkness to define space. …