Arduino, Discarded Vino, Card Keno

As you can see, the word Arduino makes me want to rhyme. There aren't many good words that rhyme with "ard" and "duino" but there are lots of fake half-rhymes that sound alright. It's actually making me feel Italian. Vino, Geno, Guido? I don't know....let's get back on track...

So playing with the Arduino was pretty awesome. I knew nothing about it beforehand so it was pretty awesome to get to type some stuff in the computer and have a board take it and make things happen. I learned a lot, mostly through error, that syntactical errors are pretty devastating to this kind of work. I also thought it was pretty interesting that the Arduino program and the Processing program we worked with before are practically the exact same interface. I'm assuming they're made by the same company/people but it surprised me when I first opened it. I was a bit bummed that my kit didn't come with a switch, so I couldn't make my LEDs go on and off, but I did manage to accomplish the fading in and out at various speeds. It's hard to tell in the pictures, but it happened...I saw it!

I don't feel like I know/have played enough with the Arduino boards to get an idea for projects. Obviously, the use of lights and interaction create endless possibilities but I really want to get a more extensive kit for this week so hopefully I can do more stuff in the book and get more ideas.

EDIT: I completely forgot I took a quick video of the fading LED. It's added now!