Posted by monitron on Wed 22 Apr 05:31
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- require 'rubygems'
- require 'twitter'
- require 'serialport'
- ser = SerialPort.new("/dev/cu.usbserial-A6007Db4", 9600)
- httpauth = Twitter::HTTPAuth.new('username', 'password') # Should use OAuth
- twitter = Twitter::Base.new(httpauth)
- ser.read_timeout = -1 # Don't block waiting for new data
- tweets = [
- "Are you yelling because you're losing or winning? I honestly can't tell.",
- "Aren't you people supposed to be working?",
- "Is someone having a baby in here?"
- ]
- ser.read # clear out any cruft on the line
- puts "Ready..."
- while true
- data = ser.read # This returns any serial data available or "" if none
- unless data.index("LOUD").nil?
- puts "Loudness Detected!"
- twitter.update(tweets[rand(tweets.size)])
- puts "Cooling off for 10 minutes"
- sleep 600
- ser.read
- puts "Cleared. Done cooling off"
- end
- sleep 10
- end
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