Space Cadet Desk

This is a project that I worked with artist Peter Blunt on will be in One Spark. Inspired by the Jetsons and old Star Trek, we made a Retro-Future Desk (Peter calls it the Space Cadet Desk, but I have standards) It has lots of blinking lights and buttons to push and a psuedo-theremin using an IR distance sensor.

Google+ Pictures here: https://plus.google.com/photos/101251666522239139683/albums/5995636879352451873

Or on my wiki:

Specs:

• 1 Arduino Mega
• 1 Adafruit Boarduino (Decimila clone)
• 3 8x8 Bi-color matrices (with SPI)
• 2 24 LED PWM boards
• 7 Adafruit Neopixels(RGB LEDs with built in controller chips)
• 1 unused mp3 decoder board (conflicted with PWM boards :-( plus power issues)
• 1 Servo
• 1 IR sensor
• 1 Joystick

By default the Bicolor matrices run the Conway's Life cellular automata simulator, and a pitch indicator when the theremin is active. About 2500 lines of C code went into making it all function together.

It is housed at the Southlight Gallery, near Hemming Plaza, on Hogan Street between Adams and Monroe.

For One Spark , we are in the Art category, titled "Art of Furniture" Project #20942 Give us a vote or two if you like the project.

Our project page is here: http://www.beonespark.com/discover/creator_projects/art-of-furniture

Peter plans to continue to make more themed art desks in the coming year. This was just the first of many.