[PD] Re: pd plus pic

[Ian Smith-Heisters]

adam armfield wrote:
> hi ian
> 
> i had a quick look at your page.. looks interesting
> there is already an open source midi controller
> project using the pic18f at http://ucapps.de/ 
> thorsten has written a whole midi os for the pic
> called mios
> (if midi is ok for you to interface with pd that is..
> if not there is a new pic18f with onboard usb2.0..
> which may make things a little easier)

A friend and I wanted to build an OSC system for the PIC, but the 
ethernet implementation from scratch turned out to be more complicated 
than he had anticipated. I've put it on a backburner because of the 
availability and ease of MIDI stuff like this, even though I have a 
superstitious aversion to MIDI.

> 
> i am interested in using sensors in dance work and
> installations..
> on my to do list is to develop a sensor module for the
> midibox.. if one is required (it already supports up
> to 64 analogue inputs)... have you tried building any
> sensors yet? i'm trying to find out if additional
> opamps etc. are needed if long cables are used.. my
> plan is to use xlr cables to connect the sensors to
> the box.. anyway, i'm interested to hear from you (and
> from anyone else on the list who has built sensors)

I haven't built anything beyond testing potentiometers yet, but my next 
project is to build an ultrasonic one. Flex sensors are also really easy 
to make (as per Mark Coniglio's "MIDI dancer"). I also want to look into 
the RF PICs as a solution to long cables, which tend to get in the way 
of dancing ;)

The thing is, for dance, a lot can be done with cameras, PDP, and/or 
Eyesweb.

I'm looking into all of that soon, so stayed tuned on the page, as I'll 
add tutorials for it all as I learn it.

Cheers,
Ian

> 
> best wishes
> adam
> 
> 
> 
> 
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>>Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:01:58 -0800
>>From: Ian Smith-Heisters <heisters at 0x09.com>
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>>Hi all,
>>
>>I've written up some tutorials for interfacing
>>Microchip PICs with PD. 
>>It's light on the PD side of things at the moment,
>>but there's more to 
>>come. Let me know what you think.
>>
>>http://www.0x09.com/Marlboro/physcomp/
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>>Cheers,
>>Ian
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