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Michael
KeymasterNo, you cannot power a motor from the output pin connected to the LED. An output pin of the ATmega328 cannot source that much current. You would need to use the output pin to control a transistor which in turn switched the current for the motor.
You can make the code mod by getting the source code from the hack page:
http://nootropicdesign.com/defusableclock/hack.htmlMichael
KeymasterSounds like one of the pins that is connected to VCC is shorted against the ground plane. It can be any of the pins highlighted in the diagram here:
http://nootropicdesign.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=2486Try removing some solder from each of these pins, and test continuity between the voltage regulator output and ground (two rightmost pins as viewed from top). The short is not necessarily at the voltage regulator — it can be at any of the other pins, too.
There’s probably a bit of excess solder shorting against a tiny bit of exposed copper around a pad. Sometimes copper can be exposed if the solder mask is burned away during soldering. This problem can often be fixed with a little work. Good luck and tell us your results!
Michael
KeymasterSome TV channels seem to intermix the data like that. You should try tuning the pots a bit, or try finding the CC data on a different line.
Michael
KeymasterHmm. I’m not sure what is wrong, your settings look correct.
Have you tried removing the ATmega328 chip and inserting it into an Arduino to upload to it?
Michael
KeymasterPayPal is declining your card. There is nothing nootropic design can do about that issue. We regularly sell and ship all over the world, including India.
Michael
KeymasterThe Defusable Clock code is all open source and available on the web site.
http://nootropicdesign.com/defusableclock/hack.htmlMichael
KeymasterYou can read data from the Serial line using the pollserial implementation that comes with the TVout library. This way you can display data from a computer to the screen.
See this example of how to read from serial and print to screen:
http://code.google.com/p/arduino-tvout/wiki/EX2Michael
KeymasterAre you simply asking how to display things on the video output signal? Have you looked at this project:
http://nootropicdesign.com/projectlab/2011/03/20/text-and-graphics-overlay/Michael
KeymasterThere’s no limit. The code doesn’t care how long you hold the button down.
Michael
KeymasterYes, these types of modifications can be done by changing the code. Have you studied the code? It is downloadable from here: http://nootropicdesign.com/defusableclock/hack.html
This is the bit of code that controls what happens when the device is defused or not.
if (!defused) {
detonate();
} else {
beep(4500, 80);
delay(2000);
displayCountdown = false;
}May 6, 2012 at 11:09 am in reply to: Object detection with increased resolution by adding SRAM? #983Michael
KeymasterWell, you could do that, but I’m not sure what you think you can do on the ChipKit that you can’t do on a Mega. The Video Experimenter doesn’t work on a Mega, but can work on a Seeeduino Mega.
See this: http://nootropicdesign.com/projectlab/2011/07/13/ve-on-the-seeeduino-mega/What “video processing” do you want to do? Why do you need a faster processor?
Michael
KeymasterRewriting the TVout library for PIC microcontrollers is no small task, even for a seasoned programmer. I’m afraid I don’t have any PIC assembly experience, so I’m not the right guy.
In theory an LM1881 chip should be usable with the UNO32, but as you said, the wiring would be different. Not sure if the wiring can be changed to make the shield work on it.
Michael
KeymasterMy “testing team” has taken a look at this and they like it. I think it’s cool. It seems like Poofy can jump pretty high, but maybe he could jump a little farther horizontally. I think your collision detection is fine — bounding box is simple.
Game play seems good — great game! You are pushing the limits of what can be done on such a small MCU.Michael
KeymasterHmm, it looks like it requires 12V to operate. The ATmega328 output pins are 5V. I suppose you could have an output pin control a transistor which controls the relay.
Michael
KeymasterI will have my testing team try this game out this weekend. My testing team is my kids. ;D
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