490_project

My project forConfers cs490 research project. Components include Raspberry Pi, BerryIMU, and Chuck.

The project senses rapid movements and/or tilt (depending on the mode its in) and interprets the data. Then, the program will interpret a command to be sent wirelessly to my laptop (over a python pseudo netcat connection) where my receiving program shall execute the command and create/adjust sounds synthesized or fed to the chuck program. 👌

#What is all this?? project_accel.py: - one of the main projects, detects accelerometer sensor readings and sends off command to run chuck to listener

project_tilt.py:
    - one of the main projects, detects tilt readings in degrees, maps them to ranges from -80 to
        130 degrees into a note to be executed. Must have netcat listener on receiving system and
        chuck running in headless mode by running chuck --loop

netcat directory:
    - contains netcat class that is used by project scripts to send off instructions
    - should be either used by the project scripts themselves, or imported from python interpreter
        (
          calling from interpreter use cases are for setting up a listener to execute commands
          or for sending off commands via buffer variable buf, interactive user input was removed
          for script functionality
        )

laptop-side directory:
    - contains: wav files that chuck runs for punches, chuck scripts that are translated to chuck
        opcodes and run by the chuck vm
    - should be either used by calling the .ck scripts from the project .py files, or fed to chuck 
        vm directly to test out :ok_hand:
        
pi-side directory:
    - contains ozzmaker default scripts that initialize the sensors and display data (we modify 
        these scripts as seen in project_accel.py and project_tilt.py)
        
LSM9DS0.py:
    - contains important register and peripheral memory addresses used by project scripts

data_collection.py/data_collection_tilt.py:
    - modified project scripts to only detect sensor readings and write out to a file for latter
        proccessing
        
test.py:
    - testing network connection from client to listener

#TODO

#IMPROVEMENTS

• idk wait a bit come back and write more
• allow seamless switching between the 2 modes
• use some audio software to get rid of trail of silence before and after punch noise
• fine tune difference between punch and not reg. movement (velocity of changing tilt to note)