Prototype: Conductive Ink + Node.js (Electron) = interactive wall

The blog post.We were asked if we could create a prototype for a much larger project - a gigantic interactive wall with all kinds of interactions. We decided to give conductive paint a go on a smaller board to test the techniques and show the client that we can easily produce what they wanted.There's an Arduino that's connected to the conductive paint via a conductive touch sensor. The Arduino broadcasts over its virtual serial port when a touch zone is triggered. Thanks to @noopkat for the super useful blog post on how to compile serial port for electron apps.The electron app controls CSS/Javascript animations when touch points are triggered.This was my first major electron app. I've used NW.js for quite a few apps, and I have to say the tools and processes are much nicer.

Submitted February 03, 2016 at 01:57AM by hlfshell