Thursday, January 16, 2014

CubeeFun Single Kit

The CubeeFun Single Kit is a single fountain kit for basic fountain construction and control. The kit contains:
     - NLP module x1
     - Cubee1 controller x1
       (An Arduino/Leonardo controller with 6-channel PWM outputs)
     - Bluetooth module x1
     - 9VDC battery holder x1
     - Water tubes x3

The Single Kit package

The 6 PWM output channels are used to drive 1 DC pump, the red/green/blue color of the LED brick, as well as two 2 servos, which are optional for titling the direction of nozzle.

The Cubee1 controller

The CubeeFun Single Kit is good for construct one-nozzle fountain. The complete wiring of the Kit is shown below:


The Single Kit wiring

The Cubee1 controller can be accessed by other devices, e.g. LEGO Mindstorms EV3 and smart phone, through bluetooth wireless communication. The details of how to control the Cubee1 through bluetooth communication is described in the following document:
     Cubee1 – Bluetooth Command Specifications

The example of using EV3 to control Cubee1:

Using EV3 to control Cubee1

Click EV3 example program to download.



The example of using Android smart phone to control Cubee1:


Click QB_wave.apk to down and install it in your Android smart phone to try.






The conceptual diagram of Single Kit:


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