{"id":536,"date":"2017-02-20T23:50:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T04:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/?p=536"},"modified":"2017-02-20T23:50:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T04:50:55","slug":"update-web-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/update-web-of-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Web of Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m behind on posts!!! (Noo!!)<br \/>\nProgress has been slow but steady with the web of things! A little behind than I hope I would be.<\/p>\n<p>The Raspberry Pi Zero arrived 1.5 weeks ago and it got setup.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-544\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170207_213836-1-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170207_213836-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170207_213836-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170207_213836-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Downside to a small form factor&#8211; not enough ports! Thank goodness for USB hubs.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to see if I could setup a remote access into the Pi but unfortunately, it was not possible&#8230; Next step: Having a one-way communication with the FLORA board.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Pi&#8211; I have started on assembling together the off-brand NeoPixels! At first I soldered\u00a0a few together to test them out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-537\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170203_162205-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170203_162205-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170203_162205-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170203_162205-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170203_170324-1-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170203_170324-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170203_170324-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170203_170324-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Attached them to the FLORA board and ran a strand test from the NeoPixel library. They work! Hoorah!<\/p>\n<p>Next up is to add more to them!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170214_183047-1-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170214_183047-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170214_183047-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170214_183047-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Only the first four managed to light&#8211; which probably mean I soldered a connection to the LED poorly. Since I wasn&#8217;t able to solder at the\u00a0moment at which this picture was taken, I decided to write up a test sketch that made a random LED blink a random color.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IfLRl0t4nSI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the Pi will be sending a command to the FLORA on how many will light up&#8211; and this sketch will play a part in it. I&#8217;ll also be going back to the ECE lab fixing up connections and soldering up the remainder of the strips.<\/p>\n<p>As for the structure, the string web has been scrapped for a more sturdier structure made of galvanized steel&#8211; salvaged from my cosplay prop days.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-548\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170220_233300-1-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170220_233300-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170220_233300-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/20170220_233300-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It probably isn&#8217;t super apparent in the image shown, but it&#8217;s shaped much like an umbrella, and will either have string or wire hang from the steel wire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m behind on posts!!! (Noo!!) Progress has been slow but steady with the web of things! A little behind than I hope I would be. The Raspberry Pi Zero arrived 1.5 weeks ago and it got setup. Downside to a small form factor&#8211; not enough ports! Thank goodness for USB hubs. I tried to see &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/update-web-of-things\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Update: Web of Things&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8lxqz-8E","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":549,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536\/revisions\/549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}