================================================================================ About Arduino Foosball

This project is a simple Arduino C code project that runs on Arduino Uno or Deumilanove board with attached Ethernet shield. The Leaderboard and video at https://portals.exosite.com/views/2219771501/1385257981 shows how the thing was put together. In general, it is a sumper simple system - just sending raw data up to the cloud where the data from the Avatars and goal sensors is parsed to create a web-enabled Foosball table - Internet of Things gaming!

License is BSD, Copyright 2013, Exosite LLC (see LICENSE file)

Tested with Arduino 1.0.1

================================================================================ Quick Start

1. Download the Arduino toolchain and development environment
   

• http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/software
  

2. Download the Exosite Arduino library
   

• https://github.com/exosite-garage/arduino_exosite_library
  

3. Configure the toolchain to use the libary

• Open the Arduino toolchain
• Go to "Sketch->Show Sketch Folder", your Sketch folder will then be displayed.
• Create a directory named "libraries" if it does not exist.
• Copy the Exosite library folder to the directory sketchbook-location"libraries".
• You should then see "File->Examples->Exosite"

2. Open the "foosball.ino" file in the Arduino toolchain
   

3. Edit the "PUTYOURCIKHERE" value in foosball.ino to match your CIK value
   

• HINT: Obtain a CIK from https://portals.exosite.com by clicking +Add Device
  

4. In Portals (https://portals.exosite.com), add DataSources to match the data resources (aliases) the code is using.
   

• HINT: Goto https://portals.exosite.com/manage/data and click +Add Data Source
  
• HINT: Ensure the "Resource:" (alias) values are set to: game_state, player_a1, player_a2, player_b1, player_b2, goals_a, goals_b - to match the code
  
• HINT: Add additional scripts or post-processed data elements to make the incoming data meaninful!

6. In the Arduino software, compile and verify there are no errors
   

7. Go to Tools->Serial Port and select the serial port your Arduino is connected to
   

8. Go to File->Upload to I/O Board to upload the program
   

9. After "Done uploading" is displayed, go to https://portals.exosite.com to see your data in the cloud!
   

• HINT: Your Arduino must be connected to the Internet via the RJ-45 ethernet jack
  

For more information on this project and other examples, checkout our Exosite Garage github page at http://exosite-garage.github.com

================================================================================ Release Info

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Release 2013-02-19

--) first release
--) seems to work great - been in operation for about 3 months