Snow and really wet weather ruined Lorraine’s capacitive touch buttons on her last element14 video. This time she was determined to find multiple weatherproof solutions to allow her neighbors to control RGB lights in her sitting-room window. Lorraine built a motion distance sensor using a time of flight sensor and a micro:bit. The neighbors can now control the color of the lights by moving their hands back and forward in front of the sensor. Then, using a Raspberry Pi and an infrared camera, Lorraine tracked whole body movement using pose detection. Raising the right hand changes the lights to red, raising the left hand changes to lights to blue.
What other moves or actions would you add?
Supplemental Content:
- Episode 536: Bonus Video - Pose Detection Code
- Episode 536: Bonus Video: Pose Detection Road Blocks
- Makecode
- Resources
- Episode 527: Bonus Video: Digital Window
Bill of Material:
| Product Name | Manufacturer | Quantity | Buy Kit |
|---|---|---|---|
| RASPBERRY PI 4 | Raspberry Pi | 1 | Buy Now |
| Raspberry Pi Power Supply, USB C | Raspberry Pi | 1 | Buy Now |
| SD Card | TRANSCEND | 1 | Buy Now |
| Premium Female/Female Jumper Wires, 40 x 6" | Adafruit | 1 | Buy Now |
| Raspberry Pi NOIR camera | Raspberry Pi | 1 | Buy Now |
| VL53L0X time of flight sensor | DFROBOT | 1 | Buy Now |
Additional Parts:
| Product Name |
|---|
|
Infrared lights |
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Perhaps if you created a low resolution LED matrix across the window frame, then you could show the pose as a stick figure. You could then either mimic the captured pose in real time on the matrix or alternatively…
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