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Volvo Design Challenge

This repository contains software and instructions for the exhibit entered into the Volvo Design Challenge 2015 by ByBorre, with help from the CWI DIS group.

Here is a video of Borre Akkersdijk explaining the vision behind it:

Sublime News - Volvo Design Challenge - ByBorre (YouTube)

From May 2017 until June 2023 the exhibit wass on display in the Atrium at CWI. It was dismantled and put into storage, some instructions on re-assembling it if you happen to have the hardware are in hwsetup/readme.md.

Here is an image of the exhibit on display at CWI:

volvo-exhibit-cwi

Contents:

  • hwsetup contains minimal instructions to revive the piece. See hwsetup/readme.md.

  • production contains the hardware and software as originall built in 2017:

    • production/readme.txt has terse instructions on putting everything together.
    • production/hardware has the schematics for the matrix touch sensor (for the volume-like pad).
    • production/jeenode has software for the three types of JeeNode boards: the receiver, the 4-pad sender and the matrix sender.
    • production/receiver has the Python script that communicates with the jeenode receiver.
    • production/server has the web server that connects the receiver and the visualisation.
    • There are various scripts here to run everything.
  • artwork contains the artwork for the visualisation, see artwork/readme.txt for details.

  • jeenode_test is an Arduino program to test the matrix-style touch interface.

  • photon_experiment is an earlier touch experiment using a Particle Photon.

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