Any way to display data from sensors in another way without programming?

Milan2006 · November 26, 2021, 1:47pm

I just started playing with Arduino and i'm playing with a color sensor. But seeing the RGB Values doesnt really give me the idea how the colour looks. So is there any way to display the data as a color on a PC Screen? I know I can use RGB LEDs but right now I don't have any.

runaway_pancake · November 26, 2021, 2:00pm

What ever happened to "Wiring"?
That's not a dig at you, there was a Windows program for interfacing with Arduino stuff.

alanesq · November 26, 2021, 2:56pm

I know you said "without programming" but I would suggest having a look at Processing as it is very similar to use as the Arduino IDE and you can do some really clever stuff with it surprisingly easily.

I have put a Processing sketch below for you to have a play with, it receives RGB data as three integers and changes the displayed colour based on it.

github.com

alanesq/misc/blob/main/Processing-receive_data_via_serial.pde

/*--------------------------------------------------------------

        STARTING POINT SKETCH 

        Detect which serial port the arduino is on then         
        receives list of integers on serial port (comma separated)
        Arduino code example:
                                  void setup() {
                                    Serial.begin(115200);
                                  } 
                                  
                                  void loop() {
                                      Serial.print(random(255), DEC);
                                      Serial.print(",");
                                      Serial.print(random(255), DEC);
                                      Serial.print(",");
                                      Serial.println(random(255), DEC);
                                    delay(1000);
                                  }

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BTW - see "the coding train" to see what can be done with Processing

runaway_pancake · November 26, 2021, 3:35pm

"Processing"!
(Glad you remembered better.)

system · May 25, 2022, 3:35pm

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