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Mastering Arduino

You're reading from   Mastering Arduino A project-based approach to electronics, circuits, and programming

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788830584
Length 372 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jon Hoffman Jon Hoffman
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Preface The Arduino FREE CHAPTER Basic Electronics Circuit Diagrams Basic Prototyping Arduino IDE Programming the Arduino - The Basics Programming the Arduino - Beyond the Basics Motion Sensor Environment Sensors Obstacle Avoidance and Collision Detection Fun with Lights Fun with Sound Using LCD Displays Speech Recognition and Voice Synthesizing DC Motors and Motor Controllers Servo Motors Using a Relay Remotely Controlling the Arduino Creating a Robot Bluetooth LE Bluetooth Classic Another Book You May Enjoy

Challenge

There are other very useful functions that we can use with the MOVI instance. Here are a few additional functions that you can try to add to the project:

  • isReady(): Will return a Boolean value of true if the MOVI is ready or false if it is not ready.
  • setVolume(int volume): Will set the volume of the MOVI's output from 0 (muted) to 100 (full volume).
  • setVoiceGender(bool female): Will set the gender for the MOVI's voice. A true value will set it to a female voice, and a false value will set it to a male voice.
  • setThreshold(int threshold): Sets the noise threshold for the speech recognizer. Values can range from 2 to 95. A value of 15 is good for a noisy environment while a value of 30 is good for a very noisy environment.
  • welcomeMessage(bool on): Will set the MOVI welcome message on or off.
  • beeps(bool on): Turns the recognition beep on or off.
  • ask() and ask...
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