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Product ROB-10335 | last year

I finally got this to work, but that was after every possible wrong step taken. Examine the directions VERY carefully. In the end, my stubborness won out over my ineptitude. But it was a close battle.

News - Arduino Cake! | last year

Actually, a lot of the components were made out of chocolate candies and marshmallows. My wife found an edible silver spray paint that she used to get marshmallows and other pieces the right color. Everything except the LED legs (toothpicks) was edible.

News - Arduino Cake! | last year

That is correct. (The cake was for my birthday.)

News - Arduino Cake! | last year

(This was for my birthday)
Actually, I came home as my daughter was trying to stretch the licorice for jumper wires. But the licorice just wasn’t quite long enough.
I kidded with my wife that without the current limiting resistor she was going to burn up the LED. Then as we were going to bed she was thinking about what kind of candy she could use that would look like a resistor. :–)

Product COM-09032 | about a year ago

Here is some simple code for the arduino

/* Released to public domain */  
const int selectPin = 2;  
const int joystick_xPin = A0;  
const int joystick_yPin = A5;  
int oldX = 0;  
int oldY = 0;  
int oldSelect = 0;  
void setup()  
{  
  pinMode(selectPin, INPUT);  
  digitalWrite(selectPin, HIGH);  
  Serial.begin(9600);  

}
void loop()

{  
  int joystick_x;  
  int joystick_y;  
  int select;  
  joystick_x = map(analogRead(joystick_xPin), 0, 1023, 1, 20);  
  joystick_y = map(analogRead(joystick_yPin), 0, 1023, 1, 20);  
 select = !digitalRead(selectPin);  
  if((oldX != joystick_x) ||  
      (oldY != joystick_y) ||  
     (oldSelect != select)){  
       Serial.print("joystick X: ");  
       Serial.print(joystick_x);  
       Serial.print(" joystick Y: ");  
       Serial.print(joystick_y);  
       if(select){  
          Serial.print(" select");  
       }  
       Serial.println("");  
       oldX = joystick_x;  
       oldY = joystick_y;  
       oldSelect = select;  
  }  
 delay(10);  
}