sillas/blender-and-arduino

Simple integration of Blender with Arduino.

Blender-and-Arduino

Simple integration of Blender with Arduino.

This method is used to integrate an Arduino microcontroller with Blender Software. It's consist of three parts: The Arduino Code, The python Script in Blender and the pySerial Script.

The Arduino Microcontroller sends data throught serial port to pySerial, who writes these data on a "swap" file (a simple pure text file). The Python script in the Blender, reads these files and control the 3D Model.

• The pySerial Script writes data to file at the same time that the Blender script reads ones.

Instructions: Arduino Circuit:

• Connect a potentiometer on the AN0 pin of your Arduino like this: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_zcNGBwINrg/VlzAmbPZXiI/AAAAAAAACRA/5Ngm-40Fb3A/s320/Capturar.PNG.
• Connect the Arduino to your computer.

1 - Open the Arduino IDE and write the "ArduinoCode1" Sketch to your Arduino (Tested in Arduino UNO); 2 - Install the pySerial (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial); 3 - Run "getSerial.py" 4 - Open "Model.blend" and Press "P" to run the Game Engine. 5 - Rotate the potentiometer to see the 3D Model moves her mouth. Press ESC to terminate.