Introduction to The I Ching Hexagram Project

RE: Introduction to The I Ching Hexagram Project

taodude — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 22:44:12 GMT

Whilst Marshalling today at at Llandow circuit https://www.facebook.com/Llandow?fref=ts, i had an idea for a game variant, and possibly using the mini touch-screen from 4D systems that i bought for my first Pi (one of the first model Bs out of the factory) instead of the PiFace to show better graphics. More to follow after i come back from sailing tomorrow afternoon.

RE: Introduction to The I Ching Hexagram Project

taodude — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 23:10:34 GMT

Lots of cool projects out there, this is going to be a good challenge.

I've realised that my project is probably the only one based on an idea from a book rather than a film or TV, so i have the advantage that i don't have to make my project look like something people have already seen. The downside is that I cannot grab some video clips off the Internet to give people an idea what i am going to make.

I too have received the first consignment of kit bits. The parcel arrived on Wednesday, but they took it away again before my wife could answer the door. So, i grabbed it from the mail depot when we went out yesterday evening and unpacked it when we got back.

Like most people on here, the bits that i am waiting for are the Pi A+, the Microstack Base board the Wolfson Sound card and the RTC shim. I have the RPi 2 and the PiFace CAD 2, so i can make a start with the core program and the visual display elements, but the input seeds for the random number generation will have to wait for now. I can't do the audio output either but that was planned for later so it is not so urgent for me.

Anyway, to make up fro the lack of interesting videos about what inspired me to enter, here is a stop motion video that i made whilst unpacking the box.

[View:https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/NkxiVJdjx_default/index.html?videoId=4195200564001:740:466]

RE: Introduction to The I Ching Hexagram Project

bluescreen — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 21:11:14 GMT

This looks really cool, Trevor. I was just introducing my kids to the I Ching last month + showing them how to generate hexagrams by throwing dice. [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-2416704f-46b9-49a6-8d66-79077372c247/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]

Looking forward to seeing this come together.