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I just went down a rabbit hole and built something kinda based on this: https://github.com/Threeethan/BlinkySpectrogram
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Hey Cory, This is a great start. I think you might want to add in an easier control for setting the sensitivity of the response -- in DiscoParty, we have a slider called 'Sensitivity' which maps to a variable that scales up several of the color va…
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Hey Jim, You know - it sounds like the power draw is peaking at a point above what most USB hubs will allow - this is very, very possible with an Arduino sketch. (That report confirms this with the available/required current lines.) That will resu…
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+1 - thanks for helping out Xan. It should definitely be possible to send something from the firmware back to Processing, but it would require some firmware development. Actually, it's probably something we should add to the serial communication…
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Hi there mbsurfer - Yes you can definitely program the button by the arduino method. You can find the code for the brightness changing in the factory firmware sketch, here: https://github.com/Blinkinlabs/BlinkyTape/blob/master/ProductionSketch/Pr…
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Hey bttoddx - could you paste in the top & bottom lines of the error? We'll try to recreate it. You're using DiscoParty without modifications, correct?
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I'd say don't worry about it - the serial protocol basically requires you to write all 180ish bytes, so there's not really a way around it (and it's not too much data, so it's not such a big deal, we think.) Let us know how it goes!
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Sounds pretty simple - we should post a how-to for doing multiple tapes (I'll add it to my to-do list.) Is it an issue with the power draw over your extension cables?
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Thanks Tony! Much appreciated.
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Sorry for the delay - we had our minds elsewhere for the last couple of weeks. Apologies! How did you do it - any secrets?
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Hey there - We're actually looking into this right now. I just ordered a microphone that we can integrate right into the tape, and we'll definitely post details when we have that working.
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Hey! We just popped these on the site, sorry about the delay: http://blinkinlabs.com/blinkytape/docs/tubeinstructions/ Yes - the USB cable stays attached permanently, though you could remove the endcap to swap it out. The tube isn't directional…
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Actually we've switched back to a non-forked FastSPI. Have a look here: https://code.google.com/p/fastspi/ and especially https://code.google.com/p/fastspi/w/list
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Very pretty routine! Thanks for sharing.
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Hmmm...when I've had that message, I would always get it to work by closing any other programs that might be talking to the serial port (i.e. PatternPaint) then unplugging the BlinkyTape. When I'd plug it back in, it would be good to go. Had you t…
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The main problem with Android is actually how to power the tape - it would suck a lot of current from your phone battery. But I believe someone else was asking about this, so we'll look into it...
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Very interesting -- thanks for sharing. So you had to start running both programs at the same time to get it to work? We've heard that sometimes multiple COM ports are being created on Windows, so it might be an issue that you could solve by re-sc…
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Hi dat, Yes - the button polling in that example is not the best, and I think we're going to be updating some of our examples with a register-based polling scheme that should make the button more usable.
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Thanks for sharing this - I'm sure it will come in handy for a number of users.
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+1 to Xan's answer. Battery chargers that work for an iPad (up to 2 amp draw) should be perfect.
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Errors like this are sometimes mometary - unplug and replug the tape, try again. The Java serial stuff can be a little buggy. Unless you're consistently getting the error?
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Write us at [email protected] - we may need to swap tapes with you.
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Hi Lúcio, That's a good question. Not yet - however, the reference info for the FastSPI library will be of interest for you: https://code.google.com/p/fastspi/w/list Since they are the maintainer, that's the best place to go. I should add a link …
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There is not enough like button in the world for bacon-strip light painting
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OK, that's not good - and when you brought it back to the mac, you used the reset procedure (as shown here: http://blinkinlabs.com/blinkytape/docs/troubleshooting/ ) correct? Sorry for all the questions - shoot me an email when you've tried that (i…
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I noticed this also - I think the problem is actually that it's not in an interrupt, so it's dependent on when your loops that you actually poll the button. I believe that it's possible to set it up as an interrupt, or you can be careful about wher…
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That flickering is really weird - let's see if Matt has any thoughts on this issue. It's a new one to us.
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Hmm, I thought Matt had merged it, I'll bug him about it.
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Hi darthzen - were you able to do bring the tape back to a working state while in Mac OS, using the reset and the 'Restore Rainbow' option in PatternPaint 0.2.0? Or is it still bricked even when you bring it back to the Mac?
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Also see this example, which store two animations on the tape memory and uses a button press to switch between: https://github.com/Blinkinlabs/BlinkyTape_Arduino/tree/master/examples/KickstarterVideo/NyanPaint