[PD] Marionette Control
Burt
brialey at juno.com
Fri Oct 8 06:15:08 CEST 2004
Hans,
More info would be awesome. I really respect the work you have done for pd. Do you have any online documentation of some of your projects like pictures or movies? I would be excited to know what the motors looked like and did, and where you acquired them.
Samuel Burt
-- Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org> wrote:
I did this using using relays hooked directly to the parallel port. I
was controlling some pretty hefty motors, well over 1 amp, for example.
You can see my code where:
http://cvs.at.or.at/viewcvs.cgi/arw/
I can dig up more info if you are interested...
.hc
On Sep 25, 2004, at 9:33 AM, Samuel B Burt wrote:
> Hi group!
>
> I am sure some of you have experimented with using PD to control
> motors. My friend Joel Grip is planning to build a giant marionette
> puppet in his wood working class at the Maryland Institute of
> Contemporary Art that we will use in our multi-media improvisations.
> The goal would be to perform live with acoustic instruments and/or
> computer generated/manipulated sound and have the marionette move in
> reaction to our playing. What I would like to know is where to find
> information on what types of motors to buy and how to interact them
> with PD.
>
> I checked out makingthings.com because I had heard about their
> Max-motor interaction products. They sent me the following response
> to my inquiry:
>
> Hi Samuel. While we have intermittently run into interest
> in having Teleo interact with PD, this interest has not,
> unfortunately, been enough to warrant the time and effort
> it would take us to develop it. So, as of now the answer is
> sadly no. This is not set in stone, however, and it is
> possible
> that at some point in the future, we'll move ahead with
> development
> for PD, either based on a general growing interest or in
> response to a
> particular job that we're doing. But for the moment, it's not
> very
> high on our list of priorities.
>
> Also, I am told that their products are really designed to move
> smaller objects. Our life-size wooden marionette would probably be
> too heavy and wear the parts out too quickly. If anyone has any
> suggestions, they would be very appreciated.
>
> Samuel Burt
>
>
>
>
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