Project Suite Bros: Voice Activated LED Friendship Photoset (Arduino, Bluetooth, Crafts)

MATERIALS

• HC-05 Serial Bluetooth Module
• Assorted LEDs – I used about 12 LEDs
• Jumper Cables
• Arduino UNO
• Power Supply for Arduino Electronics Wall Plug
• USB for Arduino
• Drip Mat – Just a plastic cover I used to write “Always a party when we’re together”. For crafts purposes.
• Construction Paper – Not much needed
• Plastic Microwave Tray – Used this as the photoset frame. It was $1.50 at the DAISO store
• Baby pack lunchboxes – Used to place underneath photos and to contain LEDs. $1.50 at DAISO

EQUIPMENT

• Solderless Breadboard (for testing)
• Soldering Tool Kit – Buy a decent one for yourself!
• Basic Power Drill – Only need it to drill a hole through the photoset frame

Step 2: Understand the Basics

1. Print out your photos and make sure they fit the LED containers (aka. baby pack lunchboxes).
2. Use the LED containers to draw a circle on your photos.
3. Cut construction paper (pick any color you like) so that it wraps around the LED containers on the sides. Then, attach your photo on the bottom of the LED container with tape or glue.
4. Find out where you want to place your photos + LED container units on your frame board.
   • (Optional) I laminated the photos, so they’d look more cool.
5. Drill holes where you wish for your LEDs to show up.
   • I drilled about 12 holes – two for each photo, two in the center, one on each side, and two on the bottom.
6. Add any creative text or decorations on the photos.
   • I cut out the words “THE SUITE BROS” and placed each word on each photo. Then, I taped on yellow dividers.

This next part is also very important. Once again, ASCAS has given an outstanding explanation. I’ve pasted it here below (but please check his page):

Understanding The App

Before you program the arduino, you must first learn how the app works. The app work by recognizing your voice command, it will then display the words that you’ve spoken then sending data/ strings to the arduino via bluetooth. What’s a string? A string is like a word, you can make conditional statements out of it [ex: if (voice == “*computer on”) {// turn Pin #2 on} ]. The “voice” is your string, “==” is your condition (means equal to), “*computer on” is your command and the code inside the curly-braces “{ }” are the codes to be executed once your string matches the command condition.

What’s the format of the string? How does it know when the next command kicks in? How does it differentiate a set of words from a new command? The app sends strings in this format *command#, the asterisk (*) indicates the start of a new command and the hash-tag (#) indicates the end of a command. I was able to remove the hash-tag (#) after each word in the conditional statement was not able to remove the asterisk (*). You’ll need to start your command condition with an asterisk otherwise the sketch will not work.

How Can I Change The Commands?

You can see that the “*TV on” is highlighted from the image above. If you want to change the command to ,humm let’s say “open garage door”, you can replace the “*TV on” with “*open garage door”. Always remember to start the command with an asterisk.

THE CODE

//Voice Activated Arduino (Bluetooth + Android) Coded By:
Angelo Casimiro (4/27/14)

//Adapted By: Chloe Shih (8/25/14)

//PROJECT SUITE BROS

//Feel free to modify it but remember to give credit

String voice;

String voice2;

int

led1 = 2, //Connect LED 1 To Pin #2

led2 = 3, //Connect LED 2 To Pin #3

led3 = 4, //Connect LED 3 To Pin #4

led4 = 5, //Connect LED 4 To Pin #5

led5 = 6, //Connect LED 5 To Pin #6

led6 = 7, //Connect LED 6 To Pin #7

led7 = 8, //Connect LED 7 To Pin #8 (bottom pins begin here)

led8 = 9, //Connect LED 8 To Pin #9

led9 = 10, //Connect LED 9 To Pin #10

led10 = 11, //Connect LED 10 To Pin #11

led11 = 12, //Connect LED 11 To Pin #12

led12 = 13; //Connect LED 12 To Pin #13

//————————–Call A Function——————————-//

void allon(){

digitalWrite(led1, HIGH); // kevin

digitalWrite(led2, HIGH); // briton

digitalWrite(led3, HIGH); // chloe

digitalWrite(led4, HIGH); // kevin’s color

digitalWrite(led5, HIGH); // briton’s color

digitalWrite(led6, HIGH); // chloe’s color

digitalWrite(led7, HIGH); // yellow middle

digitalWrite(led8, HIGH); // green middle

digitalWrite(led9, HIGH); // blue side

digitalWrite(led10, HIGH); // red side

digitalWrite(led11, HIGH); // white bottom

digitalWrite(led12, HIGH); // yellow bottom

}

void alloff(){

digitalWrite(led1, LOW); // kevin

digitalWrite(led2, LOW); // briton

digitalWrite(led3, LOW); // chloe

digitalWrite(led4, LOW); // kevin’s color

digitalWrite(led5, LOW); // briton’s color

digitalWrite(led6, LOW); // chloe’s color

digitalWrite(led7, LOW); // yellow middle

digitalWrite(led8, LOW); // green middle

digitalWrite(led9, LOW); // blue side

digitalWrite(led10, LOW); // red side

digitalWrite(led11, LOW); // white bottom

digitalWrite(led12, LOW); // yellow bottom

}

void partyloop(){

while (voice == “*party on”) {

digitalWrite(led4, HIGH); // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)

digitalWrite(led5, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led12, HIGH); // bottom yellow

digitalWrite(led6, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led7, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led8, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led9, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led10, HIGH);

delay(300); // wait for half a second

digitalWrite(led1, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led3, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led4, LOW); // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW

digitalWrite(led6, LOW);

digitalWrite(led7, LOW);

digitalWrite(led10, LOW);

delay(100);

digitalWrite(led3, LOW);

digitalWrite(led1, LOW);

digitalWrite(led5, LOW);

digitalWrite(led12, LOW); // bottom yellow

digitalWrite(led2, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led11, HIGH); // bottom white

digitalWrite(led4, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led6, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led8, LOW);

digitalWrite(led7, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led9, LOW);

digitalWrite(led10, HIGH);

delay(500);

digitalWrite(led6, LOW);

digitalWrite(led1, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led3, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led4, LOW);

digitalWrite(led5, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led12, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led8, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led7, LOW);

digitalWrite(led9, LOW);

digitalWrite(led10, HIGH);

delay(600);

digitalWrite(led1, LOW);

digitalWrite(led2, LOW);

digitalWrite(led11, LOW); // bottom white

digitalWrite(led5, LOW);

digitalWrite(led12, LOW); // bottom yellow

digitalWrite(led3, LOW); // voice: “*party on” at this point

digitalWrite(led7, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led8, LOW);

digitalWrite(led9, HIGH);

digitalWrite(led10, LOW);

Serial.println(“in loop”);

newVoice(); // receives new voice.

if (!(voice2.equals(voice)) && voice2 != “”) {

voice = voice2;}}

if (voice != “*party over” && voice != “*party off” && voice != “*party poop” && voice != “*party pooper” && voice != “*lights off” && voice != “*party of”) {

voice = “*party on”;

voice2 = “”;

partyloop();}

alloff(); // turn all lights off}

//———————————————————————–//

void newVoice() {voice2 == “”; // clear voice

while (Serial.available()){ //Check if there is an available byte to read

delay(10); //Delay added to make thing stable

char c = Serial.read(); //Conduct a serial read

if (c == ‘#’) {break;} //Exit the loop when the # is detected after the word

voice2 += c; //Shorthand for voice = voice + c}

if (voice2.length() > 0) {

Serial.println(voice2);}}

//———————————————————————–//

void setup() {

Serial.begin(9600);

pinMode(led1, OUTPUT);

pinMode(led2, OUTPUT);

pinMode(led3, OUTPUT);

pinMode(led4, OUTPUT);

pinMode(led5, OUTPUT);

pinMode(led6, OUTPUT);

pinMode(led7, OUTPUT);

pinMode(led8, OUTPUT);

pinMode(led9, OUTPUT);

pinMode(led10, OUTPUT);

pinMode(led11, OUTPUT);

pinMode(led12, OUTPUT);}

//———————————————————————–//

void loop() {

while (Serial.available()){ //Check if there is an available byte to read

delay(10); //Delay added to make thing stable

char c = Serial.read(); //Conduct a serial read

if (c == ‘#’) {break;

} //Exit the loop when the # is detected after the word

voice += c; //Shorthand for voice = voice + c}

if (voice.length() > 0) {

Serial.println(voice);

//———————————————————————–//

//———-Control Multiple Pins/ LEDs———-//

if(voice == “*turn all on”) {allon();} //Turn Off All Pins (Call Function)

else if(voice == “*turn all off” || voice == “*turn off” || voice == “*party over” || voice == “*party off” || voice == “*party of” || voice == “*party poop” || voice == “*lights off” || voice == “*lights of”){alloff();} //Turn On All Pins (Call Function)

else if(voice == “*party on”){partyloop();}

else if(voice == “*friends on” || voice == “*the suite bros on” || voice == “*the sweet Bros” || voice == “*suite bros on” || voice == “*sweet Bros on”) {

digitalWrite(led1, HIGH); // kevin

digitalWrite(led2, HIGH); // briton

digitalWrite(led3, HIGH); // chloe}

else if(voice == “*side lights on”) {digitalWrite(led9, HIGH); digitalWrite(led10, HIGH);}

//———-Turn On One-By-One———-//

else if(voice == “*Kevin on” || voice == “*kevin on”) {digitalWrite(led1, HIGH);}

else if(voice == “*Briton on” || voice == “*Brighton on” || voice == “*Abbie on” || voice == “*abbie on”) {digitalWrite(led2, HIGH);}

else if(voice == “*Chloe on”) {digitalWrite(led3, HIGH);}

else if(voice == “*smile on”) {digitalWrite(led11, HIGH);}

else if(voice == “*message on”) {digitalWrite(led8, HIGH); digitalWrite(led7, HIGH);}

else if(voice == “*red on”) {digitalWrite(led10, HIGH);}

else if(voice == “*blue on”) {digitalWrite(led9, HIGH);}

//———-Turn Off One-By-One———-//

else if(voice == “*Kevin off” || voice == “*kevin off”) {digitalWrite(led1, LOW); digitalWrite(led4, LOW);}

else if(voice == “*Briton off” || voice == “Brighton off” || voice == “*abbie off” || voice == “*Abbie of” || voice == “*abbie of” || voice == “*Abbie off”) {digitalWrite(led2, LOW);digitalWrite(led5, LOW);}

else if(voice == “*Chloe off”) {digitalWrite(led3, LOW);digitalWrite(led6, LOW);}

else if(voice == “*message off” || voice == “*message of”) {digitalWrite(led7, LOW); digitalWrite(led8, LOW);}

else if(voice == “*red off” || voice == “*red of”) {digitalWrite(led10, LOW);}

else if(voice == “*blue off” || voice == “*blue of”) {digitalWrite(led9, LOW);}

else if(voice == “*smile of” || voice == “*smile off”) {digitalWrite(led11, LOW); digitalWrite(led12, LOW);}

//———-Turn Off in Group———-//

else if(voice == “*friends off” || voice == “*friends of” || voice == “suite bros off” || voice == “*sweet Bros of” || voice == “*sweet Bros off” || voice == “*sweet bros off” || voice == “*sweet bros of”) {

digitalWrite(led1, LOW); // kevin

digitalWrite(led2, LOW); // briton

digitalWrite(led3, LOW); // chloe}

//———————————————————————–//

voice=””;}} //Reset the variable after initiating

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