A few hours of tinkering with the new blinksticks, here is what I came up with:
The light on the right is set to a random color every 1/2 second. The stick on the left morphs to the opposite color. Pretty cheesy, but I’m learning to program in python!
code available at:
http://briangallimore.com/websvn/wsvn/blinkstick/opposite.py
Yep, Cheesy. Why not invest your efforts in Arduino or similar?
Why not indeed? Time constraints and limitation on how much one person can do at any one time I guess. I have at least 3 microprocessor kits laying around already! Point of this toy is to learn Python.
http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/microcontroller/16-bit_msp430/tools_software.page
http://www.parallax.com/catalog/microcontrollers/basic-stamp
http://www.microchip.com/pagehandler/en-us/family/8bit/
I also have a Motorola kit I’ve never even opened.
I have 2 unopened Arduino, my incentive to getting my locker cleaned. SO many projects to get started…