Today I managed to finish my Prototype at least in fundamental form. I achieved this by learning how to get the Arduino to receive a signal from Max.
I achieved this by changing and adapting the PhysicalPixel example in the Arduino software. In the example, it was supposed to prove that you could recieve a signal from Max to control and LED. The example gives you the arduino code and a patch to copy and paste into Max. I actually found that this example didn't work for me, and no LED was triggered. However, I didn't give up. First here's the example arduino code with the Max Patch.
/*
Physical Pixel
An example of using the Arduino board to receive data from the
computer. In this case, the Arduino boards turns on an LED when
it receives the character 'H', and turns off the LED when it
receives the character 'L'.
The data can be sent from the Arduino serial monitor, or another
program like Processing (see code below), Flash (via a serial-net
proxy), PD, or Max/MSP.
The circuit:
* LED connected from digital pin 13 to ground
created 2006
by David A. Mellis
modified 30 Aug 2011
by Tom Igoe and Scott Fitzgerald
This example code is in the public domain.
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/PhysicalPixel
*/
const int ledPin = 13; // the pin that the LED is attached to
int incomingByte; // a variable to read incoming serial data into
void setup() {
// initialize serial communication:
Serial.begin(9600);
// initialize the LED pin as an output:
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
}
void loop() {
// see if there's incoming serial data:
if (Serial.available() > 0) {
// read the oldest byte in the serial buffer:
incomingByte = Serial.read();
// if it's a capital H (ASCII 72), turn on the LED:
if (incomingByte == 'H') {
digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
}
// if it's an L (ASCII 76) turn off the LED:
if (incomingByte == 'L') {
digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
}
}
}
/*
Max/MSP version 5 patch to run with this example:
----------begin_max5_patcher----------
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-----------end_max5_patcher-----------
*/
For reasons I can't explain, it didn't work. However, it got me thinking back to my Prototype project which is about controlling 3 LED's with a MIDI keyboard. I figured "why not adapt this code to work in my favour?"
I started by connecting up 3 LED's to the Arduino using ports 5, 6, and 7. Then in the Arduino code, I changed the:
int ledPin = 13;
to:
int ledPin7 = 7;
int ledPin6 = 6;
int ledPin5 = 5;
This meant that I could use it integer to control each LED. I then chose which notes each LED would be assigned to, in this case I chose C, D, and E which is MIDI signal 48, 50, and 52 respectively.
All I needed to change in the code was that the incomingByte was going to 48 for ledPin7, 50 for ledPin6, and 52 for ledPin5. I also added an 'else' function for each one so that if the incomingByte was anything but it's corresponding MIDI number, it would recieve 0V, turning the LED off.
For Max, I used the Max patch I wrote earlier in another blog post (see blog post "Prototype Work" posted on the 01/12/2014). All I needed to change in the Max patch was that 'serial' object should be 'serial c 9600'. I used that object because it was an object we had used to control the Arduino in a previous University lecture.
Once I tidied up the code to be more presentable and added some comments of my own. I uploaded the code to the Arduino and ran the Max patch. It worked! I was now able to control 3 LED's using a MIDI keyboard. What was also good was that the LEDs turned off if another key was pressed that wasn't just the MIDI notes I wanted to use.
This is a major breakthrough in my development as I have not only achieved my first step in my proposal, but also the beginning of my second step. Below are photos of the Arduino and Breadboard, as well as screenshots of the Arduino code and Max Patch.
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Arduino Code
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