Category: sketches

Lost in place: iPhone screenshots of grid system

Posted on by ow3n

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Two screenshots from my phone depicting the grid underneath the Google Map graphics which are tiled to create the map interface. Clearly, the “virtual GPS” technology on my first-generation iPhone has often been helpful in finding my way. But what happens when it fails and you are literally lost in space? The social landscape, politics, climate, language(s), culture are what we analyze to understand “where” we are. Without these points of reference how can we create an idea of place? In this case, the simple query, “Tallahassee,” can be enough for any individual slightly immersed in Southern culture to create a perception of this place.

BBB (Freeduino) and stepper motor test

Posted on by ow3n

Test with BBB (Freeduino) board, Darlington H-Bridge, Mabuchi # PF35T-48L4 stepper motor. Many thanks to Tom Igoe and his Physical computing book.

  1. /*
  2.   Owen Mundy
  3.   July 29, 2009
  4.  
  5.   p. 262 of Physical Computing
  6.   Using BBB to run stepper motor by manually moving steppers
  7.  
  8. */
  9.  
  10. int pin1 = 3;                 // PWM
  11. int pin2 = 5;                 // PWM
  12. int pin3 = 6;                 // PWM
  13. int pin4 = 9;                 // PWM
  14. int ledpin = 13;              // LED
  15.  
  16. void setup()
  17. {
  18.   pinMode(pin1, OUTPUT);      // sets the pin as output
  19.   pinMode(pin2, OUTPUT);      // sets the pin as output
  20.   pinMode(pin3, OUTPUT);      // sets the pin as output
  21.   pinMode(pin4, OUTPUT);      // sets the pin as output
  22.   pinMode(ledpin, OUTPUT);      // sets the pin as output
  23. }
  24.  
  25. void loop()
  26. {
  27.   for (int i=0; i<24; i++)
  28.   {
  29.     digitalWrite(pin1, HIGH);   // on
  30.     digitalWrite(pin2, LOW);    // off
  31.     digitalWrite(pin3, HIGH);   // on
  32.     digitalWrite(pin4, LOW);    // off
  33.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  34.  
  35.     digitalWrite(pin1, LOW);    // off
  36.     digitalWrite(pin2, HIGH);   // on
  37.     digitalWrite(pin3, HIGH);   // on
  38.     digitalWrite(pin4, LOW);    // off
  39.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  40.  
  41.     digitalWrite(pin1, LOW);    // off
  42.     digitalWrite(pin2, HIGH);   // on
  43.     digitalWrite(pin3, LOW);    // off
  44.     digitalWrite(pin4, HIGH);   // on
  45.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  46.  
  47.     digitalWrite(pin1, HIGH);   // on
  48.     digitalWrite(pin2, LOW);    // off
  49.     digitalWrite(pin3, LOW);    // off
  50.     digitalWrite(pin4, HIGH);   // on
  51.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  52.   }
  53.  
  54.   blink();
  55.  
  56.   for (int i=0; i<24; i++)
  57.   {
  58.  
  59.     digitalWrite(pin1, HIGH);   // on
  60.     digitalWrite(pin2, LOW);    // off
  61.     digitalWrite(pin3, LOW);    // off
  62.     digitalWrite(pin4, HIGH);   // on
  63.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  64.  
  65.     digitalWrite(pin1, LOW);    // off
  66.     digitalWrite(pin2, HIGH);   // on
  67.     digitalWrite(pin3, LOW);    // off
  68.     digitalWrite(pin4, HIGH);   // on
  69.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  70.  
  71.     digitalWrite(pin1, LOW);    // off
  72.     digitalWrite(pin2, HIGH);   // on
  73.     digitalWrite(pin3, HIGH);   // on
  74.     digitalWrite(pin4, LOW);    // off
  75.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  76.    
  77.     digitalWrite(pin1, HIGH);   // on
  78.     digitalWrite(pin2, LOW);    // off
  79.     digitalWrite(pin3, HIGH);   // on
  80.     digitalWrite(pin4, LOW);    // off
  81.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  82.   }
  83.  
  84.   blink();
  85.  
  86.   for (int i=0; i<6; i++)
  87.   {
  88.     digitalWrite(pin1, HIGH);   // on
  89.     digitalWrite(pin2, LOW);    // off
  90.     digitalWrite(pin3, HIGH);   // on
  91.     digitalWrite(pin4, LOW);    // off
  92.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  93.  
  94.     digitalWrite(pin1, LOW);    // off
  95.     digitalWrite(pin2, HIGH);   // on
  96.     digitalWrite(pin3, HIGH);   // on
  97.     digitalWrite(pin4, LOW);    // off
  98.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  99.  
  100.     digitalWrite(pin1, LOW);    // off
  101.     digitalWrite(pin2, HIGH);   // on
  102.     digitalWrite(pin3, LOW);    // off
  103.     digitalWrite(pin4, HIGH);   // on
  104.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  105.  
  106.     digitalWrite(pin1, HIGH);   // on
  107.     digitalWrite(pin2, LOW);    // off
  108.     digitalWrite(pin3, LOW);    // off
  109.     digitalWrite(pin4, HIGH);   // on
  110.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  111.   }
  112.  
  113.   blink();
  114.  
  115.   for (int i=0; i<6; i++)
  116.   {
  117.  
  118.     digitalWrite(pin1, HIGH);   // on
  119.     digitalWrite(pin2, LOW);    // off
  120.     digitalWrite(pin3, LOW);    // off
  121.     digitalWrite(pin4, HIGH);   // on
  122.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  123.  
  124.     digitalWrite(pin1, LOW);    // off
  125.     digitalWrite(pin2, HIGH);   // on
  126.     digitalWrite(pin3, LOW);    // off
  127.     digitalWrite(pin4, HIGH);   // on
  128.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  129.  
  130.     digitalWrite(pin1, LOW);    // off
  131.     digitalWrite(pin2, HIGH);   // on
  132.     digitalWrite(pin3, HIGH);   // on
  133.     digitalWrite(pin4, LOW);    // off
  134.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  135.    
  136.     digitalWrite(pin1, HIGH);   // on
  137.     digitalWrite(pin2, LOW);    // off
  138.     digitalWrite(pin3, HIGH);   // on
  139.     digitalWrite(pin4, LOW);    // off
  140.     delay(10);                  // waits for a second
  141.   }
  142.  
  143.   blink();
  144.  
  145. }
  146.  
  147. void blink()
  148. {
  149.   digitalWrite(ledpin, HIGH); // on  
  150.   delay(1000);                // waits for a second
  151.   digitalWrite(ledpin, LOW);  // off  
  152. }
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