The Ifs - Coding: it´s child’s play!

We have been working so hard this summer in new designs:

PACKAGING

MOCKUP  FOR AN CONTROLLER APP

We have tested previous prototypes around the world at various events to understand how children use them.

OUR FAMILY

We have tested previous prototypes around the world at various events to understand how children use them.

SPAIN

We have tested previous prototypes around the world at various events to understand how children use them.

MAKER FAIRE ROME

Here we can see some examples of what we can build with this robotic family:

We can turn our little robot into a chameleon, configuring the sensors and actuators to capture and show any color around us.

Thanks to its temperature and humidity sensors we can create our own sensor to know when our milkshake is cold.

With this family of robots we can also play. We configure one of them with a timer and a final vibration and ... if the robot vibrates in your hands you lose!

Our robots have motors to move around any surface. Right now they don't have enough power, but in the future we can start any chain effect with them.

We have work very hard in order to create the first functional prototype of our family.

Everything is ready to go. We just need your support. We have already verified the operation on the prototype, but to put our product into market, we need your help. We thank you for your support and hope you will share in our vision.

We want to be as transparent as possible and take you along every step of the way. Below you can see an overview of our milestones so far and the planned process.

The four members of the team have different technological backgrounds as electronic engineering, physics and computer science but we all share passion for making all kind of inventions mixing any available technology.

We are all members of MAKERONI LABS, a non profit that was born in Zaragoza in 2012 following the MAKER movement that is currently shaking the world.

Its main purposes are:

• -Promote a collaborative workspace for the development of new technologies.
• -Promote the dissemination of new technologies; both projects developed by members of the association, as other people.

To fulfill these purposes are working on:

• Create and maintain a physical or virtual, collaborative work space.
• Promote and coordinate the development of technological projects for companies and individuals, by members of the association.
• Promote the capacities of members of the association in competitions, talks and exhibitions.
• Conduct outreach to the diffusion of new technologies activities.

Here we have developed  the first "brain" code for The Ifs family.

It include:

- NFC dual reading functions

- Wireless NRF24L01 comunication

- Sensor management functions: temperature, humity, light and sound.

- Actuators management functions: vibracion, light and sound

You can find the complete code in download section. We still working in the code of our product. It is only a first "hello world" to test all the functionalities.

#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>
#include <Wire.h> 
#include "pitches.h"
#include "NRF24L01.h"

//neopixels
#define  PIN 2
#define  NUMBER_OF_LEDS  2

//RF
#define TX_ADR_WIDTH    5   // 5 unsigned chars TX(RX) address width
#define TX_PLOAD_WIDTH  1  // 32 unsigned chars TX payload

//////Slots//////
//ifs
#define getTap 1
#define darkness 2
#define faceDown 3
#define EmmaCalls 4

//thens
#define turnLight 1
#define playSound 2
#define callLiam 3

int ifSlot;
int thenSlot;
int luz=0;
int golpe;
int tap_detection;

////sound////

// notes in the melody:
int melody[] = {
  NOTE_C4, NOTE_G3, NOTE_G3, NOTE_A3, NOTE_G3, 0, NOTE_B3, NOTE_C4
};
// note durations: 4 = quarter note, 8 = eighth note, etc.:
int noteDurations[] = {
  4, 8, 8, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
};

////acelerómetro////

byte Version[3];
int8_t x_data;
int8_t y_data;
int8_t z_data;
byte range=0x00;
float divi=16;
float x,y,z;

/////RF///////

unsigned char TX_ADDRESS[TX_ADR_WIDTH]  = 
{
  0x34,0x43,0x10,0x10,0x01
}; // Define a static TX address

unsigned char rx_buf[TX_PLOAD_WIDTH];
unsigned char tx_buf[TX_PLOAD_WIDTH];


Adafruit_NeoPixel strip = Adafruit_NeoPixel(NUMBER_OF_LEDS, PIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);
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FIND THE COMPLETE CODE IN DOWNLOAD SECTION