Coding for wires

[CKS]

So i have bought the clock, and while i'm waiting for it to get here i thought i would ask some questions, but they might be a little dumb, mostly because this is all very new to me

1. Is it possible to connect this with outside broads?

2. what code would I change to make the wires not random

3. is it possible to make it so you have to cut the wires in a specific order or it will go off i.e. green, red ,blue ,and yellow.

Cheers CKS

[Michael]

Not sure I understand what you mean by connecting to outside boards. What do you want to do?

Study the source code available on the Hack page: http://nootropicdesign.com/defusableclock/hack.html
The code for assigning the wires is in the function countdown(). Just change this code if you want it nonrandom.

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  // assign random pins
  defusePin = random(WIRE_1, (WIRE_4+1));
  detPin = defusePin;
  while (detPin == defusePin) {
    detPin = random(WIRE_1, (WIRE_4+1));
  }

To require a particular sequence, you'd have to be more clever, but the work is in the function countdown(). With some coding skill, you can do it.

[CKS]

did some research and what i mean to say is there control pins that i can connect to, to driver some servos or motors, or is there a way to connect more pins to the broad?

[Michael]

No, but you can use one of the LED connections if you want. That's one way to connect to something external.

I didn't want to make it too easy to control external devices in case someone wanted to make something actually dangerous.

[greenbean]

ok so I have a noob question about this . what words in the coding do I change or remove, and to what, in order to make it not random. this is my first time trying to change code, so please be kind.

[Michael]

Just change the code in the countdown() function to assign the defuse pin and det pin to fixed values.

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defusePin = WIRE_1;
detPin = WIRE_3;

Remove the random assignment:

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defusePin = random(WIRE_1, (WIRE_4+1));
detPin = defusePin;
while (detPin == defusePin) {
  detPin = random(WIRE_1, (WIRE_4+1));
}