Project Inverse Cybernetics Mk I, aka cybersting. Instead of teaching a computer how to talk to a human... teach a human how to talk to a computer through direct computer-to-human connections (eight in each direction).
- El sequencer data sheet
- To trigger pin 4, send H (01001000)
So let's use i2c to hook up the el shield to a bean+. Does the el sequencer have i2c? yes it does. On pins 4 and 5.
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A4 = SDA
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A5 = SCL
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Wire ardu lib for i2c comms
Ok so the first idea came to me as I was playing with the EL Sequencer board for burning man, and getting stinged by its 100 volt circuits (from a 5v inverter, very low ampere) as they touched my skin. What if I could trigger very very short bursts of 100V to sting me enough to feel the signal, but not enough to hurt? That'd be great, because then we have a solid state way of communicating with the human. Other alternatives would be solenoids, vibration motors, servos, etc; all bulky and complicated electronics.
The crux here of course is that I have no idea what I'm doing. One such connection to my skin worked fine, but when I attached all of them, they interacted even when all channels were off, giving me a constant eletric tingling across my skin. Yeahhh maybe let's not.
Gonna see if I can maybe have them more spaced out; or if that doesn't work, maybe use vibration motors instead...
