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'''Julian Jay-Jay Santos III'''
[mailto:jjsantos@ucsd.edu]
==About Me==
===UCSD & Electronics===
===Visual Arts===
I am colorblind which is ironic because I'm also a visual artist, graphic designer, videographer, illustrator, photographer and all things visual. Ive been working as a Graphic Designer for http://VMIX.com (an internet video platform company) and I also hold an Associates Degree in Arts degree from Southwestern College and sometimes do freelance and personal work under the moniker JS3 for designing, videography and custom DIY projects.
===Life Documenting===
I'm never without my Casio FC100 still/hd video/slow motion digital camera, G1 Google Phone and Moleskine sketchbooks at hand as I love to document my life. I like to take photos of my major meals food and other weird happenstances on my blog and website http://byJS3.com
I'm also big on everything internet- social networks, blogging, online video, basically anything that has an RSS feed that can be connected and shared with the world.
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== Midterm Project - Super Mario Jumping Shoe == http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6H9oJNORHnM/S6KTCWNhtxI/AAAAAAAATjc/PsunapFVmDo/CIMG2303%20%28Small%29.JPG===Description===
From having an Atari 2600 in my early youth (!) I've become an avid a video gamer all my life. I have always identified with the creativity and problem solving aspects of gaming and have found much of myself with the video game characters. One such character is the popular Nintendo hero of the Super Mario games Mario, who was originally named JumpMan when he first appeared in the video game Donkey Kong. This was probably because he has a distinctive sound he makes when he jumps. To further my love of the character I would like to blend the lines of videogame and reality, and thus I would like to create Super Mario Jumping Shoes.
To make Super Mario Jumping Shoes I will put a pressure activated switch on the insole of the shoe which will be connected to a Super Mario sound toy that makes the jumping sound when pressed. I will have to dismantle the toy and connect a switch under an insole that is only activated when I jump as opposed to walking which would make less pressure on the button. This will require some circuit bending on my part. I could probably accomplish this with extra padding or use a normally closed switch that activates the circuit when my foot leaves my shoe's sole when I jump.
===Documentation===http://www.consolereview.net/images/reviews/super_mario_toy_1.jpg
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==Final Project- Arduino Scratch Game Controller==(aka The Arduino Entertainment System controller)<br>Video Presentation & Demonstration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUZJilcAod4<br>http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6H9oJNORHnM/S6Mia3fDBpI/AAAAAAAATks/ujbnoFYDoRc/s800/arduino%20entertainment%20system1.pnghttp://lh5.ggpht.com/_6H9oJNORHnM/S6P_sr53khI/AAAAAAAATlM/0iESde797po/s640/CIMG2632.JPG ===Arduino Scratch Game ControllerDescription===
As someone who has a deep affinity with classic videogames, I have always wanted to create and understand the media more. From analog joysticks to the newly developed accelerometer controllers, I am intrigued by the ways a digital object onscreen could be controlled by a physical analog device in the real world. To further this interest, I wanted to recreate a classic videogame as well as recreate a gamepad controller using an Arduino Microcontroller.
To help with this transition, I found a simplified controller board specifically made for use with Scratch called a Picoboard [http://www.picocricket.com/picoboard.html] which has sensors and functions much like an Arduino. In order to use the Arduino with Scratch I reappropriated code from a Scratch-board simulation site [http://www.yengawa.com/scratch_arduino] which allows the Arduino to be used in the same way as a Picoboard.
On the Arduino, I substituted a potentiometer and a push-button switch to respectively replace the slider and button functions on the Picoboard. To complete the controller I wired and soldered all the parts into a plastic housing. I chose to remake the classic topdown shooting videogame Centipede to accommodate the controller. The game is also perfect for using the potentiometer as its dial doesnt rotate a full 360 degrees and the player's controlled vessel in Centipede only moves left and right in a limited enclosed play area (as opposed to a game where the player's controlled vessel has a free full range of motion where at least a four-point setup is needed).
I found a Scratch project example of Centipede and reconfigured the language to be used by the Arduino Controller. A roadbump that I found from translating the Arduino's controller to the Scratch game was that the potentiometer read as 0-100, but this was solved creating variables that would set its orientation based on the sensor value.
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Janussaint/937832
===Video and ImagesImage Documentation===
Video presentation and demonstration via Youtube:<br>
'''http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUZJilcAod4'''
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===Function Diagram and Schematic===
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===Arduino Code===
/*
ScratchBoard compatible program
Created 30 Sept. 2009 by Koji Yokokawa (http://www.yengawa.com) edited by Julian Santos III for Centipede game for use with Arduino
*/