I showcase plants and seed types for one of our clients as a training tool. Basically they will have a table with different plant types and seeds laid out on it. There is a LED on each pot-plant/next to each seed. This is connected to a tablet device via USB. (wires will be hidden for a neat presentation).
There will then be a touchscreen device that has a customized app. This app will have a variety of ‘buttons’ for the operator to choice from. As they choose a button a image of that specific plant/seed will appear on the screen showing data about these guys as well. As they exit the image/data sheet the LED on the table also switched off. They can then move onto the next plant.
My question is can i create this app in intuiface as a beginner AND can I communicate this app to an Arduino setup to activate/ deactivate the LED lights. The software needs to tell the Arduino to switch certain channels on/off.
Hi Trevor @projects and welcome to the Intuiface community!
At a first glance, I’d say yes, you can create this app in Intuiface.
To communicate with your Arduino, you’ll want to use the Interface Asset provided in this article. This will enable you to send & receive events through Serial port but will require you to run Intuiface Player on a Windows device, and to have your Arduino ready to receive this commands to do the proper actions (switch channels on/off) in its own code.
A simpler solution with Intuiface would be to use off the shelf actuators like Nexmosphere. It looks like you already have your hardware ready, so just keep this in mind as a potential solution for a future project.