Arduino to Flash range sensor experiment

More info at http://jamesalliban.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/arduino-flash-range-sensor-experiment/

I’ve been playing around with the Arduino microcontroller recently and this is my first experiment. It’s a prototype for a future artwork that essentially acts as a primitive touchscreen device. I’ve used 2 PING))) Ultrasonic Range Sensors positioned at the top of my monitor. These measure the distance of any object placed in front of them. The Arduino board collects this data and passes it on to Flash via SerProxy.

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22 responses to “Arduino to Flash range sensor experiment”

  1. LocoRoco87 Avatar
    LocoRoco87

    place one sensor …
    place one sensor left and one at the top, so you can get a x and a y position, for more komplexity…
    nice project!

  2. alfaygamarcos Avatar
    alfaygamarcos

    Son sensores de …
    Son sensores de proximidad ultrasónicos, pero la aplicación como interfaz es desde luego interesante, creo no se me hubiese ocurido, aunque desconozco que tan preciso y sensible seria dicho método como para cubrir toda la pantalla

  3. Robywanted Avatar
    Robywanted

    WOW E VERAMENTE …
    WOW E VERAMENTE STUPENDO COMPLIMENTI SEI UN GRANDE

  4. axel1973w Avatar
    axel1973w

    Why not X+Y …
    Why not X+Y alligned?

  5. francisroan Avatar
    francisroan

    awesome ……….. …
    awesome ………….

  6. ladams00 Avatar
    ladams00

    Impressive
    Impressive

  7. w0083e5c Avatar
    w0083e5c

    sweet 🙂
    sweet 🙂

  8. schmidtbag Avatar
    schmidtbag

    this is really cool …
    this is really cool i didn’t know you could do this. wouldn’t it be more effective if the sensors were more separated though?

  9. wexarexthexStorm Avatar
    wexarexthexStorm

    We should try to …
    We should try to collaborate on a project sometime.

    asilaydxing is my email with Hotmail

  10. wexarexthexStorm Avatar
    wexarexthexStorm

    Thats pretty …
    Thats pretty awesome for a do it urself.

    Props man. Love the classic particle emitter with the ridiculous “higher” tech sensors ahah..

  11. Vedel26 Avatar
    Vedel26

    Awesome! How did …
    Awesome! How did you make that?

  12. dawoof Avatar
    dawoof

    hey, is it possible …
    hey, is it possible to take a look at the arduino code? how youre translating the values and such 🙂

  13. jimalliban Avatar
    jimalliban

    It only returns one …
    It only returns one value. If my memory serves, it is the amount of centimeters the object is from the sensor.

  14. dawoof Avatar
    dawoof

    What kind of Data …
    What kind of Data does the sensor Return?

    is it a X,Y situation?! or just Proximity to screen and Closeness to the sensor?

  15. superoshi Avatar
    superoshi

    very cool!!
    very cool!!

  16. jimalliban Avatar
    jimalliban

    nice idea. it’s …
    nice idea. it’s certainly possible but not implemented in this project

  17. Hyper5nic Avatar
    Hyper5nic

    Is there also a way …
    Is there also a way to record these motions as animations to for instance add music to?

  18. DigitalGeeko Avatar
    DigitalGeeko

    Hey cool! I like it!
    Hey cool! I like it!

  19. webkraller Avatar
    webkraller

    Very interesting. …
    Very interesting. While most other touch sensing solutions employ light or electrical resistance, yours seems to be sonar based… it’d be cool to see what kind of weird phenomenon you could come up with by doing it that way. Perhaps some sort of feedback tricks using the delay from the sound waves?

  20. rne1223 Avatar
    rne1223

    that was cool
    that was cool

  21. mvgjorge Avatar
    mvgjorge

    Very nice :). …
    Very nice :). Congratulations.

  22. orrosive Avatar
    orrosive

    Fantastic! I’ve …
    Fantastic! I’ve been looking into doing something very similar to this. Thanks for the inspiration.

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