http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion The place to ask questions about a specific project you're working on, or thinking about starting. hourly 1 2008-01-10T00:34:59Z http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/120405311/474094860/view if you're willing to use a computer connected to your system, then you could control the MC via the PC and simultaneously create sounds. That is how I would do ... 2008-11-19T20:25:04Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/777805784/841423824/view I read somewhere that if your sensors are going to be connected with wires more than a foot or so long you should add a capacitor inline to help even out the ... 2008-11-19T19:26:42Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/700729472/835447725/view If you're getting the sensor values into your movie OK, then it sounds like purely a Flash issue.  To remove the sensor from the equation, can you provide ... 2008-11-19T16:42:46Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/120405311/769680497/view Everything sounds fine except the playing music part.  You'd definitely be able to load some code, control 3 servos and monitor a push button. You ... 2008-11-19T16:35:33Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/120405311/790337911/view ok so i know very little about any of this but from what ive been reading for the past few hours make can probably do what im looking for.   im a ... 2008-11-18T19:04:49Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/700729472/957755098/view I'm working on a final project for my time and lens-based media class. I have 40 frames of photos and am trying to use a MAKE controller with an infrared ... 2008-11-17T20:13:48Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/886547110/116599790/view I have 5 FSR sensors wired to 10k-Ohm resistors (nice resistant) on the Wireless MidiTron. I got Max/Msp/Jitter  rewired to Ableton Live 7 using the ... 2008-11-16T15:46:21Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/209885090/291525487/view Hi Coen, I would think that you might be better to look at Max/MSP for generating your randomness, loads of different ways there. If you are new to Max I ... 2008-11-14T17:08:38Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/209885090/224192156/view Hello everybody, Would it be possible to hook up an random event generator (USB) device to Max/MSP and use the data to trigger the luminiscence of a light ... 2008-11-14T16:48:09Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/495187840/985711473/view let us know specifics and we may be able to help. 2008-11-12T20:27:53Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/583303637/734245840/view Looks good, brian, i'm making a few updates based on my experience with these devices. 2008-11-12T19:12:52Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/583303637/916858567/view Thanks for the quick response Liam.   I've uploaded an example of the code I used to the wiki under "Printing analog input values to an LCD screen". 2008-11-09T05:13:20Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/583303637/647997235/view Your code is close, but has a couple syntax errors.  When you declare lev_msg, you're defining it as an array of pointers to char, not an array of ... 2008-11-09T04:50:57Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/583303637/482536461/view Never mind, I figured it out.  If anybody is interested, here's some example code for printing values read from an analog input to an LCD screen: ... 2008-11-09T04:48:29Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/583303637/396490962/view Hey everybody,   I'm having some problems getting my LCD display to work (it's the 16x2 serial TTL display from Sparkfun I've seen everybody on this ... 2008-11-09T02:36:53Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/495187840/313557541/view hi guys im building a dc and stepper motor controlled with switches, interfacing it to the usb port of a computer and trying to control it by labview, im just ... 2008-11-07T23:56:33Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/777805784/528503183/view So ideally it would be better to just run the MAKE within the specified power range... Any suggestions on how to convert car power to run the MAKE? 2008-11-05T23:59:02Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/777805784/75318069/view Yep - those are the ones.  That actually sounds like a fair amount (assuming the 5V sensors are active) to be running off the 5V line.  You can ... 2008-11-05T22:33:44Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/777805784/217617194/view I will be powering a maximum of four 5V sensors, probably 2-3 relays, that's about it for now.  Are you referring to the LM340S and LM3940IS that would ... 2008-11-05T21:43:40Z Comment http://www.makingthings.com/forum/project-discussion/777805784/931568861/view If you're not going to be drawing too much current through the 5V and 3.3V lines, you might be able to just use the 12V supply as is.  Otherwise, you'll ... 2008-11-05T19:42:03Z Comment