The Cloud

This is a post to follow up on the cloud project.

to work with the codes that Liz Rutledge, Kenneth Roraback and I have post to the blog you will need:

 

Hardware:

Arduino,LEDs,Wire, Resistors, and a USB cable.

Softwar:

Processing

Arduino

Serial Library

Firmatta

PHP

OUR QUESTIONS AFTER WORKING ON THIS RGB INTERNET CONTROLLED LED ARE:

1. Are there easier ways to parse data from the internet ?
2. would it be easier to make the arduino a server with an Ethernet Shield?
3. What else exist in terms of software libraries for us to use? (besides firmatta and the serial library?)

WE LEARNED FROM THIS PROJECT THAT...

• There are different ways to make the samething happen
• Firmatta is the easiest way to talk to arduino from processing
• Its ieasier to work by steps than to try to solve everything at the sme time. Connect processing to the PHP code first and then when you get the data to processing, talk to ardunio with Firmatta.
• There are many resources to work with the cloud (internet) on the Internet.

You can also download a code that worked for us well but only in the localhost here