Processing and Arduino in Tandem

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Processing and Arduino in Tandem

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Create your own drawing and animation software—and learn basic programming and electronics skills at the same time. This five-session video course introduces you to two simple tools: Processing, a programming language for visual thinkers, and Arduino, a hardware platform for working with electronics. You’ll learn how to use these tools together to build something useful right away.

Presented by creativeLIVE in partnership with O’Reilly, each session offers easy-to-follow, hands-on lessons. You don’t need programming or electronics experience to get started. Processing is easy to learn, and you’ll get to know Arduino with a starter kit. It’s a fun and inspiring way for designers, artists, and beginning programmers to learn basic graphics programming.

Learn to create basic software applications with the Processing language
Make your own drawing and animation tools
Create a GUI (Graphical User Interface) to control your software
Work with an Arduino microcontroller to provide the physical controls for your drawing and animation tools
Work with Mac OS X, Linux, or a Windows PC with Windows XP or Windows 7

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Get Started with Processing and Arduino (Overview)

Example files for Week 1

Introduction

Installing and Running Processing

Installing and Running the Arduino IDE

Installing the Arduino Library in Processing

Build a Drawing Application

Example files for Week 2

Create a Basic Drawing Program

Add Color and Style

Begin to Create a GUI

Add Sliders to Control Color

Finish the Drawing Tool

Create an Animation Application

Example files for Week 3

Build from the Drawing Tool

Begin Adding Animation

Record and Play Back a Gesture

Add Color Properties

Animate the Recorded Gesture

Draw Multiple Gestures in Time

Record Video Files

Construct a Physical Interface

Example files for Week 4

Assemble the Project Box

Add a breadboard and an Arduino

Attach the components to the lid

Hook up the wires inside the box

Hook up the potentiometers, switches and LEDs

Test the project box in Processing

Control the Animation Tool with the projBox

Expand the Animation Application into 3D

Example files for Week 5

Integrate the OpenGL Library

Draw Shapes in 3D

Add Drift to your Animation

Further Integrate the projBox

Add a Rotation Motion Effect

Add a Sine and Cosine Based Motion Effect

Add a Brownian Motion Effect

Wrap Up and QA

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