10 CodeBug Projects in 10 Days

You could get a class to do a "Mexican wave".

Start with one direction, then have it go in a circle "round the stadium", then there and back again.

Just need 3 wires between the pairs of bugs

I am the big brother to a young man (age 9) and I'm trying to get him interested in electronics/programming. I think that this bug would be just the thing to spur him on.It has everything, Binky lights easy access connections and easy to understand code interface.

Thanks a bunch. Larry Mann

It sounds a good idea ! The collaborative approach is great for a class.

Enrico

Already won one, so this is just sharing an idea.

"Ping - Pong" 

Connect 2 or more code bugs together. 

The first bug displays something, then triggers an output, this is connected to an input on the second one, this then displays something and does the same to the next bug in the chain or back to the first one.

e.g. some shape / text that appears to ping - pong between the 2 code bugs or scroll across a row of code bugs.  
Taking it further: 12 bugs connected in a circle could make a clock.

I had thought that would be the best approach, so I asked on the CodeBug website (In the Experimenters Kit Tutorial):

I (eventually) received the following reply:

Tom Macpherson-Pope wrote:

 

CodeBug has pullup resistors so the inputs default to high. To achieve what you need you could use a transistor to pull the pin to CodeBug's ground when your peripheral

The pull-ups must be pretty high in value. One of these projects pulls the input down using body resistance to GND. I measure about 2Mohms left hand to right hand [just measured myself with a multimeter], so the pull-up is probably a good bit higher than that (10M or 22M perhaps?). If you add your own pull down of 47k, or something like that, it will easily defeat the onboard pullup and you should then be able to just run your sensor output straight into it without inverting.

I was planing on doing the Line following robot design with my codebug.

The Line following sensors I have pull high when active, Codebug has internal pullups on the legs so we will need to use a transistor to invert the sensor output signal. (unless we find a line sensor that pulls low when activated).

Here's what I've done so far: https://bmsdoug.wordpress.com/tag/codebuggy/

The first codebuggy I saw was by Mike Redrobe http://codebugforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=11&p=165#p165

his servo driving code is here:  CodeBug – Code buggy - Servo Rover

The CodeBug is all about education, fun and getting people started -- and that's exactly what we want to see it achieve. If you're happy to come back on here and show us some of the projects you're working on with your boys, I'd like to hook you up with a Bug   It'd be great for other people in a similar position to see some ideas on how to get their kids interested in electronics, coding and making, too.

jackel44 Please make sure your postal address is up to date in your profile, and we'll see about getting your boys a CodeBug!

Nice! Similar to a white line follower, which is always a superb starting place for people learning robotics. And I'd love to see a CodeBug at the core of a project like that -- you're today's winner, jelektro! We'll get a CodeBug in the post to you

Just make sure you come back and post your project as it takes shape -- sounds like a great one that a lot of people will want to hear about (and replicate!).

How about making a "mood bug".  Since it can sense current from the body, the bug can be worn and display faces based upon your "mood" such as a smiley face, frown, anger, tired etc.

Some empirical testing will need to be used to determine the moods and current map and will probably be about as accurate as a mood ring except based on body humidity instead of heat.

The bug will update moods every 15 minutes.

ll based on Galvanic skin responses.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrodermal_activity