Re: [PD] Marionette Control

Hans,

More info would be awesome. I really respect the work you have done for pd. Do you have any online documentation of some of your projects like pictures or movies? I would be excited to know what the motors looked like and did, and where you acquired them.

Samuel Burt

-- Hans-Christoph Steiner hans@eds.org wrote:

I did this using using relays hooked directly to the parallel port. I
was controlling some pretty hefty motors, well over 1 amp, for example.
You can see my code where:

http://cvs.at.or.at/viewcvs.cgi/arw/

I can dig up more info if you are interested...

.hc

On Sep 25, 2004, at 9:33 AM, Samuel B Burt wrote:

Hi group!

I am sure some of you have experimented with using PD to control
motors. My friend Joel Grip is planning to build a giant marionette
puppet in his wood working class at the Maryland Institute of
Contemporary Art that we will use in our multi-media improvisations.
The goal would be to perform live with acoustic instruments and/or
computer generated/manipulated sound and have the marionette move in
reaction to our playing. What I would like to know is where to find
information on what types of motors to buy and how to interact them
with PD.

I checked out makingthings.com because I had heard about their
Max-motor interaction products. They sent me the following response
to my inquiry:

    Hi Samuel.  While we have intermittently run into interest
    in having Teleo interact with PD, this interest has not,
     unfortunately, been enough to warrant the time and effort
     it would take us to develop it.  So, as of now the answer is
     sadly no.  This is not set in stone, however, and it is  

possible that at some point in the future, we'll move ahead with
development for PD, either based on a general growing interest or in
response to a particular job that we're doing. But for the moment, it's not
very high on our list of priorities.

Also, I am told that their products are really designed to move
smaller objects. Our life-size wooden marionette would probably be
too heavy and wear the parts out too quickly. If anyone has any
suggestions, they would be very appreciated.

Samuel Burt

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realize his wishes. Now that he can realize them, he must either change them, or perish. -William Carlos Williams

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