Reference Material for Project Ideas

Here are a few links I'm working with to mull ideas. I still need to finish a couple demos but I spent some time today looking around at these. I'll surely play around with the JavaSound API and JFugue, and see what I come up with for ideas to use on the SPOT.

JavaOne 2008 session:
Jamming with Java Technology: Making Music with JFugue and JFrets TS-5263

SunSpotWorld Forum Posts:

SCAPE: sun Spot Controlled Audio Performance Environment

Using Sun SPOT to create music in JFugue

Collaborative Ambient Environment with SUNSPOT

OK. Back to messing with some code examples to get my feet wet, then on to Java audio APIs.

Completed Tutorial

I just now completed the Sun SPOT Quick Start Tutorial. The AirText demo was pretty cool, and if that's the new Hello World of the 21st century, then finally we're getting somewhere! ;-) If I had a digital camera I'd display my results here, but I don't.

The end of the tutorial suggests a few other demos to play with before continuing on. One is the BuiltInSensorsDemo, which is said to contain all of the Java import statements which you will need and it illustrates how to instantiate and use all of the sensors on the demo sensor board. Another suggestion is to look at the RadioStrength demo to learn more about using the radio.

It is also suggested to look in the /Demos/CodeSamples directory, which has a number of demonstration applications that each go into detail on a a single type of sensor or device.

Following that, I will dig around in the manuals per the final suggestion in the tutorial.

I've scoped out the Sun Spot World forum postings and there are a couple ideas there that I'm interested in participating in or otherwise extending. I will note those when I'm ready to dive into them after finishing the suggested material from the tutorial.

Getting Acquainted With The SunSpot

Hi folks, welcome to my new blog about my work with the SunSpot from Sun Microsystems. Here's the URL to check it out:

http://www.sunspotworld.com/

Tonite I am finishing getting the software and drivers installed on my computer. I will try out the demo applications next. After that, then this blog will get interesting as I write my programs to try out my ideas for using the SunSpots. I can't wait!