Prototyping Interactive Electronics Have Arrived

In addition to project management, fundraising and logistics/transportation, the heart machine project has three distinct  build stream teams.  One of the build streams is the Electronics & Software team.  Go figure they would get their cool toys shipped and received first.  Here is the package of prototype electronic components we are using to test the interactive pieces of the project: 20 interaction stations with 8 controllers for the flame effects.

We are using CAN-bus for the project: a vehicle bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other within a vehicle without a host computer.  The devices that are connected by a CAN network are typically sensors, actuators, and other control devices. These devices are not connected directly to the bus, but through a host processor and a CAN controller.

Let the debugging begin!