Processing, MySQL and RAM tables…

I’m currently working on a simulation model in Processing, which creates in every cycle, 350,000 lines of temporary data in chunks of 1,000 lines. I decided to save the temporary data in a MySQL table, as this allows me to easily add an extra query at the end that summarises everything and saves the final […]

About the ControlP5 library

One of the most useful libraries in Processing is the ControlP5 library, a library that allows the addition of various control elements (sliders, buttons, toolbars etc) in a project. The library, written by Andreas Schegel, is by far the best interface library available in Processing at this point. Here is the link: http://www.sojamo.de/libraries/index.php While this […]

Processing & Arduino book reviews

During the past 12 months, I have gone through a few books on Arduino and Processing. In this post, I’m going to give you my thoughts on these books. I’ll go through the books in the order I read them, which is not unfortunately the same as the order I should have read them. You’ll […]

Image manipulation with Processing (part 3)

This is one more example of what can be achieved with Processing. The problem here is to create a pop-art image using the famous Andy Warhol format: the same image is re-produced 9 times; each time, a different 3 colour combination is used (one colour for the background, one for the black pixels of the […]

About Wordle.net

This is a very nice web tool, written in Java, that can create images like the one shown below, based on some text you provide. The image below was created on the fly, using the rss feed of this blog. I’m sure something similar could be written Processing, but it’s nice to know that there […]

Image manipulation with Processing (part 2)

Here is another little project that illustrates the power of Processing. The aim of this project is to take a photo, slice it into a 20×20 grid and save the individual slices as separate images. If you then print these 400 images to 7″x5″ (15cm x 10cm) and you put them together in the right […]