IFD:PhysicalComp2011/Dianna Mertz: Difference between revisions

int sensePin = 1;  // infrared sensor to analog pin

int value;     // value coming from the sensor

 

  Serial.begin(9600); // start the serial port                         

 

  int value = analogRead(sensePin); // current value of the sensor

  byte scaledVal = map(value, 0, 600, 0, 255); // rescale to send as one byte   

  Serial.write(scaledVal);  //print the distance

  delay(100); // arbitrary wait time

Serial myPort; // variable for the serial

import processing.serial.*; // reads information coming in through the server via Arduino

int incomingVal; // incoming number value

int r; // example

int b; // example

int q; // example

int o; // example

   size(255,255); // visualization window size

   myPort = new Serial(this,"/dev/tty.usbmodem411",9600); // my Arduino port

   background(0); // background black for visualization

     incomingVal = myPort.read(); // while new data coming in from Arduino, store in variable

   float reVal =map(incomingVal, 51, 255, 0, 255); // rescale the incoming value to the depth of the container

   fill(reVal); // fill the visualization with the rescaled incoming value

   rect(0,height - reVal,width,height); // draws rectangle of the incoming value

   PrintWriter output = createWriter("data/data.tsv"); // send info to external file

   output.println("Pasta:" +(reVal)+ " Rice:" + r+ " Bulgar:" + b+ " Quinoa:" + q+ " Oats:" + o ); // directs which information to be written to new file

   output.flush(); // write the info