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B bobtiki Grand Member (2 years) Seattle Joined: Apr 12, 2006 Posts: 53	B bobtiki Posted posted on Sun, May 8, 2016 10:02 PM A few weeks away, but got back to it this weekend. I did try to work out the way to duct from the fog machine to the volcano location, a few weeks ago, and I determined that it wasn't going to work the way I wanted without bringing a reservoir box and fans into the mix. However, I'm going to try a smoke unit from a large-scale model train first, since that should fit in the volcano mug, and give me the output I want. Tests soon. Today, there is good news and bad news. I made a lot of progress on the Raspberry Pi programming, and I can play an animation on the critical LEDs pretty smoothly. However, It may all be for naught. Once I got the control buttons wired up, it seems that the code I need to use to detect on the button input pins is also screwing up the control signal pins for the overhead LEDs (the ones in the rattan balls). I don't yet know if this is solvable, or if I'm going to need to switch to a real-time control system like an Arduino, … which I was really hoping I could avoid. Anyway, not much to show, unless you want to have a look at the latest Python code. That August 20th deadline is looming closer and closer. :o

A few weeks away, but got back to it this weekend.

I did try to work out the way to duct from the fog machine to the volcano location, a few weeks ago, and I determined that it wasn't going to work the way I wanted without bringing a reservoir box and fans into the mix. However, I'm going to try a smoke unit from a large-scale model train first, since that should fit in the volcano mug, and give me the output I want. Tests soon.

Today, there is good news and bad news. I made a lot of progress on the Raspberry Pi programming, and I can play an animation on the critical LEDs pretty smoothly. However, It may all be for naught. Once I got the control buttons wired up, it seems that the code I need to use to detect on the button input pins is also screwing up the control signal pins for the overhead LEDs (the ones in the rattan balls).

I don't yet know if this is solvable, or if I'm going to need to switch to a real-time control system like an Arduino, … which I was really hoping I could avoid.

Anyway, not much to show, unless you want to have a look at the latest Python code. That August 20th deadline is looming closer and closer. :o

Post #763510 by bobtiki on Sun, May 8, 2016 10:02 PM