LEDS
So today we finally started mounting the LED’s for DJ Roomba…
Here’s a picture:
After a few logistic and technical issues (turns out its easy to pull out the copper leads on the led rope), we able to mount a few strips. The next Saturday meeting will probably go much faster, so I’ll try and have some software for testing the lights by then.
Joystick Library
So I’ve been working on the joystick library to go with the DJ Roomba project. I decided to refactor it to look abit like flask: Here’s a taste ```python @app.register(‘BTN_DPAD_DOWN’, ROOMBA_QUEUE, weight=-1) @app.register(‘BTN_DPAD_UP’, ROOMBA_QUEUE, weight=1) def straight(val): return (‘drive_straight’, val*300)
@app.register(‘BTN_DPAD_LEFT’, ROOMBA_QUEUE, weight=-1) @app.register(‘BTN_DPAD_RIGHT’, ROOMBA_QUEUE, weight=1) def turn(val): return (‘drive’, -val*300, 0)
@app.register(‘BTN_START’, ROOMBA_QUEUE) def reset(_): return (‘control’,) ```
So far so good on that front. There’s even a chance it may get broken out into a seperate joystick project.
Travis and Testing
Speaking of being broken out into seperate projects….I ported CS 424’s Roomba module (to python3 + bluetooth) awhile back for DJ Roomba. I just put it up on pypi in preparation for being able to run tests via Travis CI…. That said, I need to figure out how to get Travis CI to monitor this project since its under ACM….time to ask around
Marcell V.C