{"id":11809,"date":"2014-05-19T17:39:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T21:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zerokidz.com\/ideas\/?p=11809"},"modified":"2014-06-14T04:32:30","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T08:32:30","slug":"basic-arduino-connections-to-max","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/?p=11809","title":{"rendered":"basic Arduino connections to Max"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.6;\">Dim an LED from Max.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.6;\">Read the value of a potentiometer in Max.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h4>download<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tkzic\/max-projects\">https:\/\/github.com\/tkzic\/max-projects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>folder: arduino-basics<\/p>\n<p>patches:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.6;\">arduino-dimmer.maxpat<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.6;\">arduino-serial-read.maxpat<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Arduino dimmer<\/h4>\n<p>dim an LED from Max<\/p>\n<p><cite>From the Arduino playground<\/cite><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/playground.arduino.cc\/\/Code\/MaxCommunicationExamples\">http:\/\/playground.arduino.cc\/\/Code\/MaxCommunicationExamples<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-19-at-5.25.47-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11810\" title=\"Screen Shot 2014-05-19 at 5.25.47 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-19-at-5.25.47-PM-300x258.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-19-at-5.25.47-PM-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-19-at-5.25.47-PM.png 888w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5>circuit<\/h5>\n<p>Connect an LED to pin 9 and ground. The shorter lead goes to ground.<\/p>\n<h5>sketch<\/h5>\n<p>Load the Arduino example sketch: communications | dimmer<\/p>\n<h5>Max<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>open arduino-dimmer.maxat<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;print&#8221; message to print the list of ports to the Max window. Then set the port in the serial object, using the port message. For example: &#8220;port c&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Move the slider to dim the LED<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>\n<h4>Arduino serial read<\/h4>\n<p>Read the value of a potentiometer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-19-at-5.22.59-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11812\" title=\"Screen Shot 2014-05-19 at 5.22.59 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-19-at-5.22.59-PM-300x165.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-19-at-5.22.59-PM-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-19-at-5.22.59-PM-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-19-at-5.22.59-PM.png 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This patch is a bit more involved. Refer to the Max Communications Tutorial 2: Serial Communication. In fact, much of this code was lifted from the tutorial.<\/p>\n<h5>circuit<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.6;\">Connect an LED to pin 9 and ground. The shorter lead goes to ground.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.6;\">Connect a potentiometer (center lead) to Analog pin 0. The side\u00a0<\/span>leads connect to +5v and ground.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>sketch<\/h5>\n<p>Load the Arduino example sketch: Analog | analogInOutSerial<\/p>\n<h5>Max<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>Open arduino-serial-read.maxpat<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;print&#8221; message to print the list of ports to the Max window. Then set the port in the serial object, using the port message. For example: &#8220;port c&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Activate toggle to start polling serial port<\/li>\n<li>Activate toggle number 3 to view formatted output in the Max window<\/li>\n<li>Turn the potentiometer to send data to Max<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><span style=\"line-height: 22px;\">general suggestions:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Try not to get discouraged.<\/li>\n<li>If weird things happen, close Max, reconnect Arduino, the re-open Max<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dim an LED from Max. Read the value of a potentiometer in Max. download https:\/\/github.com\/tkzic\/max-projects folder: arduino-basics patches: arduino-dimmer.maxpat arduino-serial-read.maxpat Arduino dimmer dim an LED from Max From the Arduino playground http:\/\/playground.arduino.cc\/\/Code\/MaxCommunicationExamples circuit Connect an LED to pin 9 and ground. The shorter lead goes to ground. sketch Load the Arduino example sketch: communications | &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/?p=11809\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;basic Arduino connections to Max&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[143,273,28],"tags":[20,55,345,190,13],"class_list":["post-11809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interactive-media-art","category-max-projects","category-maxmsp","tag-arduino","tag-electronics","tag-maxmsp","tag-portfolio","tag-teaching"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>basic Arduino connections to Max - reactive music<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/?p=11809\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"basic Arduino connections to Max - reactive music\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dim an LED from Max. 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