RIGEL software that works with Picaxe - flight simulator, science lab, home security, and more.
I noticed junior science students were excluded from using data loggers and sensors reserved for senior classes; they were expensive and fragile. Could Picaxe chips enable free game design software to working as a gamified science lab? Or remote systems control (IMC)?
RIGEL is coded in game design software that beginners can code using 'drag and drop' blocks. Instead of a game, sensor inputs relayed using a Picaxe 08M2 replace mouse and keyboard events, making the game behave as a science sensor user interface and data plotter/recorder. RIGEL is a real-world interface connecting students into a virtual game world; 2D or 3D! This open-ended design, where different game levels were different displays (e.g., a science lab sensor readout, a 3D flight simulator, CPR simulator, a home security system) reminded students that RIGEL was a ‘what does it measure and display today?’ machine.
RIGEL uses Picaxe sensor units that can have up to 8 sensors and 8 output devices (e.g., motors, switches, lights). A USB-to-serial cable provides bi-directional high speed communication using a simple but compact data package protocol of my design. The game software simply interprets data as game control inputs.
I noticed junior science students were excluded from using data loggers and sensors reserved for senior classes; they were expensive and fragile. Could Picaxe chips enable free game design software to working as a gamified science lab? Or remote systems control (IMC)?
RIGEL is coded in game design software that beginners can code using 'drag and drop' blocks. Instead of a game, sensor inputs relayed using a Picaxe 08M2 replace mouse and keyboard events, making the game behave as a science sensor user interface and data plotter/recorder. RIGEL is a real-world interface connecting students into a virtual game world; 2D or 3D! This open-ended design, where different game levels were different displays (e.g., a science lab sensor readout, a 3D flight simulator, CPR simulator, a home security system) reminded students that RIGEL was a ‘what does it measure and display today?’ machine.
RIGEL uses Picaxe sensor units that can have up to 8 sensors and 8 output devices (e.g., motors, switches, lights). A USB-to-serial cable provides bi-directional high speed communication using a simple but compact data package protocol of my design. The game software simply interprets data as game control inputs.