Buttons for Arduino
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Interact with your Arduino in a quick, native and intuitive way using Buttons for Arduino!
=== Features === ✓ Turn on and off your Arduino outputs with ease using the circle buttons ✓ Finely adjust the PWM outputs using the rotary sliders ✓ Customize button colours ✓ Full-screen mode (supported on 10.7+) ✓ No coding necessary ✓ API available === Works great for === :: Mood lighting - Have some LEDs connected to your Arduino for backlighting your computer desk, or similar? Easily control which LEDs are on and off to create a mixture of colours to suit your mood :: Quick testing - Experiment with different outputs and combinations for your project, without touching a single line of code :: Teaching students - Focus on the outputs and circuits without distractions. Demonstrate what happens when an output is on/off, and when the PWM changes from low to high :: Live demos - Effectively communicate your project's output ideas and concepts with others :: And more! - Arduino projects are only limited by your imagination! Create the next best project, and use Buttons for Arduino to control it To use Buttons for Arduino with your Arduino, install the ButtonsApp library from Buttons For Arduino's support website and upload the included example sketch to your Arduino. That's it! Sit back, relax, and press some buttons! |
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DownloadYou can download the Arduino ButtonsApp library here: ButtonsApp.zip!--- Buttons for Arduino is Tweetware. This means you will have to perform one (or more) of the following micro-actions:
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Usage
Step 1: Download the software
Download the Arduino IDE and download the Buttons for Arduino software.Step 2: Connect your LEDs
In order for the app to be useful, we will need to connect some outputs to the Arduino! LEDs are good for this.
We will be able to check if everything is working after the next step!
Step 3: Upload the sketch
Download ButtonsApp library
Download the ButtonsApp library for Arduino, and install it in your ~/Documents/Arduino/libraries folder. Open the Arduino IDE, and open the ButtonsApp example sketch by navigating File-Examples-ButtonsApp-ButtonsApp.
Upload the sketch to your Arduino. You do not need to modify anything here for it to work, even if you don't have outputs on some of the digital output pins.
Step 4: Press GO!
Plug in your Arduino (if it isn't plugged in already), and open Buttons for Arduino.There is a pull-down menu with all the ports connected to your computer. Choose the one that works for your Arduino. This is the same one that you use when you upload code.
Choose which pins you want to monitor (usually just the ones that you have a sensor connected to), and press the GO! button.
Legal
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AMSerialPort (http://sourceforge.net/projects/amserial/)
Copyright (c) 2001 Andreas Mayer. All rights reserved.
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xcode-arduino-serial-communication (http://code.google.com/p/xcode-arduino-serial-communication/)
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Sparkle (http://sparkle.andymatuschak.org/)
Copyright (c) 2006 Andy Matuschak
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Matatino (http://appsforarduino.com/matatino)
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Neither the name of the RobotGrrl.com nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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Buttons for Arduino (http://appsforarduino.com/buttons)
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Neither the name of the RobotGrrl.com nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
Sound Effects
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=124908
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=124895
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=124896
