atomizers timer

arduino/arduino.ino

@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@
 
 Adafruit_PWMServoDriver pwm = Adafruit_PWMServoDriver();
 
-#define SERVOMIN  350 // this is the 'minimum' pulse length count (out of 4096)
-#define SERVOMAX  385 // this is the 'maximum' pulse length count (out of 4096)
+#define SERVOMIN  330 // this is the 'minimum' pulse length count (out of 4096) - increasing SERVOMIN decrease speed
+#define SERVOMAX  390 // this is the 'maximum' pulse length count (out of 4096)
 
+const char HEADER       = 'H';
+const char A_TAG    = 'M';
+const char B_TAG    = 'X';
+const int  TOTAL_BYTES  = 10  ; // the total bytes in a message
 
 int atomPins[] = {2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9};
 int currentValue = 0;
-int values[] = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0};
+int values[] = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0};
 int cycle = 0;
 
 void setup() {
@@ -17,8 +21,11 @@ void setup() {
   
   for(int i=0; i<8; i++) {
     pinMode(atomPins[i], OUTPUT);
+    pwm.setPWM(i, 0, ((SERVOMAX-SERVOMIN)/2)+SERVOMIN);
   }
 
+  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
+  digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
   pwm.begin();
   pwm.setPWMFreq(60);  // Analog servos run at ~60 Hz updates
 
@@ -40,33 +47,49 @@ void setServoPulse(uint8_t n, double pulse) {
 }
 
 void loop() {   
-  if(Serial.available()){
-    int incomingValue = Serial.read();
 
-    values[currentValue] = incomingValue;
+  cycle = 0;
   
-    currentValue++;
-    if(currentValue > 8){
-      currentValue = 0;
-    }
-    cycle = 0;
+  for(int i=0; i<8; i++) {
+    values[i] = 0;
   }
 
-  while(cycle != 8) {
-    for(int i=0; i<8; i++) {
-      if(values[i]>0) {
-        values[i]--;
-        digitalWrite(atomPins[i], HIGH);
-          pwm.setPWM(i, 0, SERVOMIN);
-        if(values[i]==0) {
-          digitalWrite(atomPins[i], LOW);
-          pwm.setPWM(i, 0, ((SERVOMAX-SERVOMIN)/2)+SERVOMIN);
-          cycle++;
+
+  if(Serial.available() >= TOTAL_BYTES) {
+     if( Serial.read() == HEADER) {
+      char tag = Serial.read();
+      if(tag == A_TAG) {
+        for(int i=0; i<8; i++) {
+          values[i] = Serial.read();
+        }
+      } 
+    
+    
+    while(cycle < 8) {
+        
+      for(int i=0; i<8; i++) {
+        Serial.print(values[i]);
+        Serial.print(" ");
+        if(values[i]>0) {
+          values[i]--;
+          digitalWrite(atomPins[i], HIGH);
+          //pwm.setPWM(i, 0, SERVOMIN);
+          if(values[i]==0) {
+            cycle++;
+            digitalWrite(atomPins[i], LOW);
+            //pwm.setPWM(i, 0, ((SERVOMAX-SERVOMIN)/2)+SERVOMIN);
+          }
+        } else {  
+          //cycle++;
+          //digitalWrite(atomPins[i], LOW);
         }
       } 
+      Serial.println("");
+      delay(500);
+      
+      //digitalWrite(13, LOW);
     }
-    delay(100);
   }
-
+  }
 
 } 

ephimera/ephimera.pde

@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ PImage img;
 
 int videoWidth = 640;
 int videoHeight = 480;
+int sending = 0;
 
 void setup() {
   size(640, 480, P2D);
-  frameRate(10);
+  frameRate(2);
   colorMode(HSB, 100, 100, 100);
 
   String portName = Serial.list()[0];
@@ -25,13 +26,12 @@ void setup() {
 }
 
 void draw() { 
-  ephPercentage();
+  //ephPercentage();
 }
 
 void keyPressed() {
   if (key == 'S' || key == 's') {
     video.stop();
-    printArray(colorValues);
     makePicture();
   }
   if (key == 'B' || key == 'b') {

ephimera/frames.pde

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 void makePicture() {
   saveFrame("data/shot.gif");
   img = loadImage("shot.gif");
+  ephPercentage();
   ephSerial();
 }
 

ephimera/serial.pde

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+public static final char HEADER    = 'H';
+public static final char A_TAG = 'M';
+public static final char B_TAG = 'X';
 
 void ephSerial() {
   
@@ -6,6 +9,27 @@ void ephSerial() {
     print(colorByteValues[i] + "\t");
   }
   println("");
-  port.write(colorByteValues);
-  printArray(colorByteValues);
+  sendMessage(A_TAG, colorByteValues);
+  //sendMessage(A_TAG, 5,55,0,33,0,55,0,55);
+  //printArray(colorByteValues);
+}
+
+
+void sendMessage(char tag, byte[] cbv){
+  // send the given index and value to the serial port
+  port.write(HEADER);
+  port.write(tag);
+  
+  for(int i=0; i<cbv.length; i++) {
+    port.write(cbv[i]);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void serialEvent(Serial p) {
+  // handle incoming serial data
+  String inString = port.readStringUntil('\n');
+  if(inString != null) {     
+    print( inString );   // echo text string from Arduino
+  }
 }