Pushing the Score-publication

Handy links

git repositories

GPIO https://git.pzimediadesign.nl/repos/pushingscore_gpio.git/

git clone https://git.pzimediadesign.nl/repos/pushingscore_gpio.git/

pads

• TODO: https://pad.pzimediadesign.nl/p/pushing_the_score-TODO
• https://pad.pzimediadesign.nl/p/pushing_the_score_-_publication
• https://pad.pzimediadesign.nl/p/pushing_the_score-March13

wiki pages

• The_Ultimate_RPi_Installation_Guide
• Pi skin conductivity

Projects

IMPORTANT

• Only give minimal information here, essentially a descriptive oneliner and tech details so we know who needs to learn/make/research what
• Use git if necessary to keep track of your own small project files (ie, source code)
• Use Syncthing to share large files/binaries/docs/whatnot
• Use and link to your personal wiki pages (log) for documenting the research and prototyping process

Clàudia

• subject: algorithmic composition as installation or interactive
• needs: audio, web (p5js)
• log:

Emily

• subject: ?
• needs: ?
• log: Emily Buzzo - Special Issue PTS

Franc

• subject: Feedback installation
• needs: audio, cam, multichannel (using several "boxes")
• log: Franc-g wiki

Giulia

• subject: surveillance/CCTV
• needs: web (documentation) + maybe cam, maybe mic, maybe audio
• log:

Karina

• subject: dance notation
• needs: audio, maybe visuals, maybe mic
• log:

Kimmy

• subject: Randomness, Noise (Silence as unintentional sound)
• needs: audio
• log: Research notes

Margreet

• subject: Twitter data sonification
• needs: audio + maybe multichannel (using several "boxes")
• log: Notes

Max

• subject: algorithmic instrument
• needs: physical interface, audio
• log:

Nadine

• subject: documentation of drone attack(s) through records/stats/protocols
• needs: audio + maybe multichannel (using several "boxes")
• log:

Bill of Material

Here is the rough BOM for one copy of TGC3, we're making 12 in total.

internals

• RPI3 - confirmed - ordered
• RPI3 basic PSU - confirmed - ordered
• sdcard 8GB - confirmed - ordered
• USB Floppy drive - to be ordered
• USB Floppy disks - to be ordered
• Picam - to be ordered
• Speaker(s) - research ongoing
• external control - research ongoing
• what else?! Microphone

shell

• ???

RPi3 setup

Base System

Follow the guide The Ultimate RPi Installation Guide!

You need at least to have a base system and hotspot working for now, more specific details soon.

Floppy disk system

Testing if everything works fine

• plug floppy disk drive
• check it is recognised by the system, checking for instance with dmesg, example output:

[ 1505.185614] usb 1-1.5: USB disconnect, device number 5
[ 1513.164425] usb 1-1.5: new full-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg
[ 1513.467105] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=0644, idProduct=0000
[ 1513.470194] usb 1-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 1513.473283] usb 1-1.5: Product: TEAC FD-05PUB   
[ 1513.476430] usb 1-1.5: Manufacturer: TEAC    
[ 1513.486391] usb-storage 1-1.5:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 1513.489864] scsi host0: usb-storage 1-1.5:1.0
[ 1514.501431] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     TEAC     FD-05PUB         1026 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 1514.506805] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 1514.885427] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk

• Insert floppy, and check that a block device is created (still checking with dmesg):

[ 1592.965421] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 2880 512-byte logical blocks: (1.47 MB/1.41 MiB)
[ 1593.989421]  sda:

• make a temporary directory to mount the floppy to

cd
mkdir floppy
mount /dev/sda floppy

• check that you see the content of the floppy in the floppy directory:

ls floppy

Format floppies if needed

• Insert floppy
• Check which block device it is using (/dev/sda in this example) with dmes
• Force format the whole block as vfat giving it a label,

mkfs.vfat /dev/sda -I -n "SECRETFLOPPY"

Useful Commands

speaker-test -D hw:0,0 -f cd

Pi skin conductivity

Follow the guide Pi skin conductivity