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The main reason I bought the Peggy 2 was to have the option for streaming some low resolution video.I read though the following page here: http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2009/video-peggy-in-action/As well as Jay Clegg’s page here: http://www.planetclegg.com/projects/Twi2Peggy.htmlI proceeded to order the parts I saw necessary (Peggy 2, Businesscard board, etc.) and they arrived shortly. I just got into building it and I scrolled down on the evilmadscientist page to see the following comment from Windell..“This whole method is somewhat out-of-date. On current-generation Peggy2 and Peggy 2LE boards, you *do not* need to use this method– just configure it for “SER” mode (as opposed to “P2″ mode) and connect the Peggy directly to your computer through the FTDI cable, and stream video that way, using our sample code.”So that sounds pretty good! I have the Peggy 2 and I have the FTDI cable. Unfortunately though, I can’t find any more in depth info on it than that comment. How do you go about this process? And which code would I use to make it work this way?Thank you!
First, build up the Peggy 2 with the “SER” option selected.
Download Arduino and Processing. Download and install the Peggy2Serial library for Arduino.Use Arduino to upload the RecvSerial example sketch to the Peggy.(Examples> Peggy2Serial>RecvSerial)Open Processing, and run the included example sketch for sending webcam video to the Peggy.(Examples> Peggy2Serial>RecevSerial > Processing >MirrorPeggy3)Hi Shane,
The Peggy2Serial library is an Arduino *library*. You need to install it, not open it from within Arduino.See here for how to install Arduino libraries:
http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Libraries
As for the behavior of your Peggy, it’s clear that one of your columns isn’t working, so check the soldering at the LED driver chips, base resistors, and transistors.
As for the rows that are not lit, that should be expected until you reprogram it with an example program from the correct library.
Hi Shane,
It looks like you must have edited your earlier message to indicate that you were able to get the library installed and my reply irrelevant– that’s pretty strange, actually.For the serial connection, make sure that you have the right port and board type selected. Can you see the port appear in the serial port menu after you plug in the cable?
Hello Windell,
Sorry about that, I did alter my post. I didn’t see a reply from you so I figured you hadn’t seen it yet.Here is what I am seeing right now when hooked up and trying to upload to the Peggy…
I don’t see the USB-TTL cable in that list; you might try installing the FTDI VCP driver.
If you’ve clicked the “verify” button, then “done compiling” is a successful result. If you’ve clicked the “upload”, then it’s an intermediate result– it compiles before uploading. There should be some sort of final result (good or bad) reported at the end. In any case, you do need to make sure that the rightnserial port and board are selected before uploading.
When it has uploaded, you should see a distinct test pattern (grayscale ramps) that indicates that it is loaded.
The board type needs to be set as Duemilanove w/ Atmega328.
Have you entered the name of your serial port in the Processing skectch?
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