[hackpgh-discuss] Re: Basic Arduino Programming Class
- From: "Ryan J. Priore" <ryan.priore@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 12:30:39 -0500
I am still willing to design up a 3D printable stoplight housing once we nail
down a LED size and board layout…
Ryan
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Yes
On Feb 20, 2016, at 11:20 AM, Yevgeniy Soroka <ukranians2@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ukranians2@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Do we have red green and yellow led of the same size?
On Feb 20, 2016 9:56 AM, "Robert Berger" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
We have a lot of 10mm diameter LED's. Can we design the housing to use those?
On Feb 19, 2016, at 1:12 PM, Yevgeniy Soroka <ukranians2@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ukranians2@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Or Saturday evening works too. Looks like we emailed at the same time. Haha
On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Yevgeniy Soroka <ukranians2@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ukranians2@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Good idea. I will probably be at the shop around 8pm tonight. Maybe we can work
on it then.
-Geno
On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Robert Berger <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
We need to connect to different places on the Arduino header, so I was thinking
of cutting these in half and soldering the wire ends directly to our board
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003B1XR28/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?qid=1455905127 ;
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003B1XR28/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?qid=1455905127&sr=8-7&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=male+to+male+jumper+wires>
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On Feb 19, 2016, at 11:53 AM, Yohe <cjyohe@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:cjyohe@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
In the future too, if we designed the simple board for that a place like Dirty
Boards (or even OSH Park) would be a cheap way to get a bunch and it looks like
it would be a great 1st "Learn to Solder" Project. Also if the female headers
on the bottom were swapped out for male there are a bunch of cheap ebay cable
deals to wire up the interconnect from the board to the light. I've been
snagging them recently for some wiring harness work and they seem to do ok.
Just a couple of thoughts.
Chris
On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Robert Berger <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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mailto: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
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mailto: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
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mailto: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
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mailto: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
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mailto: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
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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
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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
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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
Secretary | HackPGH
Pittsburgh’s First Makerspace
1936 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
http://www.hackpittsburgh.org
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