Bob, I would love to learn! Let me know when you want to get together so we
can try building one of these.
Chris, good ideas!
-Geno
On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Robert Berger <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Geno,
We can use this project to teach you how to do it.
The board is so small it would probably be < 10 minutes to mill each one.
We already have lots of LED's in the shop we could use.
On Feb 19, 2016, at 11:21 AM, Yevgeniy Soroka <ukranians2@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Bob if youre thinking of CNC the pcb's for the traffic lights, we would
need 10-20 of them. I don't want to overburden you with that much work. You
are the only one who knows how to do that right now.
If we bought the ones Ryan posted it would be $6 for each traffic light.
It would be nice to save $5, but its not that big a deal if it means
forcing you or someone else to manually CNC these.
Let me know what you think.
-Geno
On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Robert Berger <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We can make one for about a dollar in materials
On Feb 19, 2016, at 10:18 AM, Yevgeniy Soroka <ukranians2@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Totally awesome Ryan! You even get 2 for 12 bucks. We could 3d print a
small enclosure for it maybe. Or maybe thats not even necessary. I'm going
to go ahead and order one right now so I can begin planning the class.
Thanks for the find!
-Geno
On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Ryan Priore <ryan.priore@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Geno,
I found this today while reading the latest issue of the MagPi:
http://www.amazon.com/Pi-Traffic-Light-Raspberry-pack/dp/B00RIIGD30/
I like this form factor for the traffic light less and may redesign the
traffic light enclosure on thingiverse due to its size and resulting print
time.
Ryan
*From:* hackpgh-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
hackpgh-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Yevgeniy Soroka
*Sent:* Wednesday, February 17, 2016 7:20 AM
*To:* hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [hackpgh-discuss] Re: Basic Arduino Programming Class
That would be awesome Ryan! Thanks a lot! Maybe they would look better
in yellow?
-Geno
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Ryan Priore <ryan.priore@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Geno,
I like your application idea a lot! I would be happy to assist in
printing the traffic light enclosures on my printers at home as well.
Ryan
*From:* hackpgh-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
hackpgh-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Geno Soroka
*Sent:* Wednesday, February 17, 2016 6:53 AM
*To:* hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [hackpgh-discuss] Basic Arduino Programming Class
I looked at the previous Basic Arduino class HackPGH did in the past,
and I would like to cover all the topics from the class we did in the past,
but to keep things interesting every year, present them in a different way.
My idea is this. We 3d print 2 of these for all the students.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:14646
The student brings their own arduino (which they got and soldered
together at the soldering class), or just one they already have.
The object of the class will be to control two traffic lights at an
intersection. First just with timing, and then to introduce the ADC input
and map() function to have a small sensor which would make the light green
if a car just arrived at an intersection (like many real traffic lights at
quiet intersections do)
This will teach the student about basic arduino concepts such as I/O and
timing functions such as delay(). In the advanced course we can introduce
how to use interrupts for timing. And it will teach the students the basics
of ADC and very very basics of sensors, which they can learn more about in
the sensors class.
This can actually be a cool practical toy for your kid's RC cars or
hotwheels. They could even build real intersections for a small toy city. I
really wish I had this when I was 9. ;-)
If anyone has suggestions on how to make this class better, ideas to
make the traffic lights more cool, or even better 3d printed traffic lights
we could download, that would be awesome!
This class will most likely take place in April (definitely after learn
to solder)
-Geno
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