Skip to Content
Make: Fire
book

Make: Fire

by Tim Deagan
April 2016
Intermediate to advanced
366 pages
11h 5m
English
Make: Community
Content preview from Make: Fire

12 The Digital Step Valve

12_opener.tif

This final project is an example of a different direction you can take with flame effects. I’ve mentioned in other chapters that, in most flame effect hobby communities, there seems to always be an arms race for the biggest boosh. But there are many other directions you can go, as well. I’ve seen micro-booshes on RC cars, fiery fingertips on robot hands, and interactive flame art aware of the actions of the people around it.

The digital step valve (DSV) is an experiment in providing more values than just on and off for a flame effect. There are industrial solutions, usually referred to as proportional valves, that ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Make: Radio

Make: Radio

Fredrik Jansson
Make: Rockets

Make: Rockets

Mike Westerfield
Make: Drones

Make: Drones

David McGriffy
Make: Tools

Make: Tools

Charles Platt

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781680450866Errata Page