P&PI PROJECT 2 - TUTORIAL 4 - PHYSICALPIXEL

This post is for tutorial 4 for my Arduino Project. For this tutorial I had to use both Arduino and Processing software to create a small square on screen that has 2 seperate reactions once I hover my mouse icon over it. One being a standard hover reaction, which added a thin white outline around the square and the second was to make an LED light on the Arduino board light up once I hover over it.

This was the easiest and most interesting tutorial so far as it showed how interacting with a fake square graphic with a mouse on a computer screen can create a real world, physical reaction.

Combining this tutorial with the last one, I can now fully understand how it is that I can get my Playstation 4 controller to how instant reactions on my TV screen as I push a button.

I didn't really have to do anything for this tutorial since all I had to do was stick on an LED light onto the board and then click onto a pre-made example on the software. It was more to show me how something that doesn't technically exist, such as graphics on a computer screen, can have a real world reaction. Fascinating really.

Video Result of Tutorial 4 -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov0cesGmKIY&feature=youtu.be