#circuit python

A code tutoring session saw us through the successful implementation of the buttons and encoders for the music box interface.

Knocked out the serial DAT parser in TouchDesigner on the quick when it became clear that there was no simple JSON implementation for CircuitPython (yet).

We built the controller logic from the ground up, which ended up being quite simple and painless in the end (due to Jesse actually knowing what he’s doing) and BOOM!!! There we were with out first true working prototype : an actual tangible object that controlled sound and graphics in TouchDesigner. It was simple and janky, but it was actually there. It felt like literally months of clawing around in the dark, grasping at nothingness, finally coalesced into something. I relished the brief moment. 

And then back to the work! Due to some formatting changes to what the music box component expects, it means my ‘digital UI’ is totally scrap moving forward. If we want to tweak the instrument without the physical interface, its going to mean building a new GUI...

After a next steps conversation, I went home and wired up and coded the third input on the device, and put some attention and effort into getting the visualizer up and running with our new controller. This process led to a significant refactor of my data and rendering networks that I feel pretty good about, especially knowing that future inevitable changes will be easier to implement.