Mango Magic
Javier Garcia Nieto and Ellen Xu
In short, we want to get two Pi's to talk to each other. Once that is working, we have grand plans.
We want to create a magic trick (or several) that incorporate the Mango Pi. One path is to use the Mango Pi as the cheat device. Examples:
- A spectator takes a card and an accomplice sends the card to the magician through Bluetooth. The magician has a Pi in their pocket, which buzzes to indicate the card (this would be our baseline trick).
- Everyone in the room takes cards in order. One of them is an accomplice. The cards are ordered in such a way that knowing the accomplice's card can predict everyone's. The Pi is used to communicate this card and compute the sequence.
- Chess cheating: a second Mango Pi is connected via UART to a computer, which uses Stockfish to compute the next move based on secret commands that the player sends.
Anti bike theft: if a Pi senses motion and the other Pi (or your phone) is not nearby, it screams. This can also work with a hall sensor and a door.
Hardware we will use:
- Rotary encoder (from lab)
- Piezo buzzer (from lab, or purchase)
- 2xBluetooth module (as backup if on-board BT doesn't work https://store-usa.arduino.cc/products/bluetooth-low-energy-4-0-module-hm-10)
- Battery bank (which we already have)
Total is around $35.
Javier: mostly, get Bluetooth working and create a module Ellen can use. Magic expertise. Ellen: use Javier's BT module, with her own peripheral drivers to get full tricks working
Do we have Bluetooth (of some form working)? Can we get a simple message accross?
Bonus: can we get the Mango Pi working off a power bank?
Bluetooth is hard. Other than that, should be straightforward.