There's a group of folks over at Principia Labs who have documented how to control servos via a python script: Arduino-Python 4-Axis Servo Control | Principia Labs
Their discussion of Ardunio's Serial.read() was especially helpful; it's prompted me to make some changes in my code.
Seems like a Wii Nunchuck will make a great input device for the project. I'm deeply indebted to folks who have put up such great tutorials on how to do this, Tod E. Kurt in particular.
We're building the platforms for the project this week. Here are some pictures from the shop.
A critical part of the project involves allowing one arduino board to communicate with a remote arduino board. Two computers mediate the connection and send the information via a secure connection (SSL). The code is below. At this stage it's very simple, all the action happens in the arduino code. What this python script does is take the serial output from one arduino board and feed it into the serial input for the other board. The code below the fold works but I imagine I'll change it before I'm finished, so please check the SVN web repository when I've installed that for the latest code.
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