RG Kit Guidebook ARGINEERING

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1 RG Kit Guidebook ARGINEERING

2 RG Kit Guidebook ARGINEERING

3 ARGINEERING The desire to interact, to connect exists in us all. As interactive beings, we interact not only with each other, but with the world around us. We love to create and immerse ourselves in experiences, engage minds and senses, and stir up emotions. At Argineering, we believe that design and art should interact with people the same way they interact with each other. Bring every great art alive. 5

4 RGKit Drive your creativity into a new dimension and bring your designs to life...designs that detect passersby, lights that react to movement, objects that twirl and swirl, items that turn to touch sensors and more. All this with RGKit, the first device customized for artists and designers to create interactive environments with an easy-to-use process, using both hardware and software. It requires no engineering skills and zero lines of code! 7

5 More No engineering skills No lines of code focus on the design More room for creativity More 8 ownership 9

6 How It Works Think of RGKit the same way you think of the human body. Feel Modules are the senses, while the brain is the Control Unit. The Control Unit processes and orchestrates movements sending signals to the body; Animate Modules, to start moving. Finally, the same way we connect with each other, Connect Modules are designed to connect with any other device. FEEL MODULES CONTROL UNIT ANIMATE MODULES CONNECT MODULES 10 11

7 RGApp

8 Toolbar As simple as creating a presentation on your laptop, RGApp allows you to customize your entire interactive project. Drag and drop, set the parameters and connect wirelessly with RGKit Modules. Toolbar Command your control unit. Module Bar Drag and drop your modules. Process Area Set the sequence of your project. Parameter Bar Customize all your actions. Each module has its own parameters. Module Bar Process Area Parameter Bar 15

9 Toolbar All Feel Modules have two modes you can choose from. All are triggered All Feel Modules must be triggered for the Animate Modules in the process to take an action. Projects Back to your projects. Play and Pause Click to play or pause your project. Control Unit The red circle is Off. The green circle is On. If you see it, you are connected to the Control Unit. One is triggered At least one Feel Module must be triggered for the Animate Modules in the process to take an action. Process Area Each project must have a minimum of one process. A process can be one of two types. Conditional Type If the Feel Module senses a certain motion, it automatically triggers the Animate Module to do a certain action. It s preset. 16 Floating Type It waits for you to trigger the Feel Module to move. It s instantaneous. Each process must have a minimum of one Animate Module. 17

10 Connect to Your Control Unit Plug the Control Unit in a power source and turn it on. The LED will start blinking. Access the Wi-Fi networks from your laptop. Choose the network called RGKit followed by 4 digits. Enter the password: RGKitAPCU This may take up to 30 seconds Open RGApp. You can download it from argineering.net/rgapp Click on the plus sign to create a new project. Enter its name and click Create. 18 Wi-Fi: On Turn Wi-Fi Off RGKit_0000 Join Other Network... Create Network... Open Network Preferences You can now begin connecting your modules. 19

11 Connect to Your Feel and Animate Modules Plug the chosen module (Feel or Animate) to a power source and the LED will light up. Open RGApp. Drag and drop the chosen module icon from the Module Bar into the Process Area. 4. You will find a red dot in the corner of the module icon indicating that the module isn t connected. 5. Click connect on the Parameter Bar on the right side

12 6. A popup window will appear with the available modules. If you have more than one module from the same type, click on the module s Ping icon and your module s LED will blink. This will allow you to know which module you want to connect to. Ping Click on the module icon you want to connect to. Make sure the red dot in the corner of the module icon has disappeared. You can now bring your project alive

13 CONTROL UNIT Module 25

14 Keeps your modules under control. Metric Units All dimensions are in mm. CONTROL UNIT Place your screw here

15 Control Unit Settings Control Shut down or restart your Control Unit. LED Indicator If it blinks slowly, the project is running. If it blinks fast, the project is paused. If it doesn t blink and the light is constant, there is an error. You need to restart it. Play and Pause Play/pause your project. Power On To turn on press once. Power Off To turn off long press. Set your password Secure your projects and add a password to your Control Unit

16 Light Proximity Touch Button Knob Tilt FEEL Modules

17 Intensity Metric Units All dimensions are in mm. 15 % 70 % It s light sensitive. LIGHT Place your screw here

18 Light in action Flashlight Got a phone? Flash that light and see what it can do. 34 Day & Night Let nature take its course. Hands & Feet Not all ideas have to do with light; you can cover up the sensor with your hand, fingertip or even step on it. 35

19 Range Type Metric Units All dimensions are in mm. 15 cm 85 cm It feels when someone is nearby. Place your screw here. PROXIMITY 36 37

20 Proximity in action Jump Ask people to jump in front of the sensor. Come Closer Set it to detect when people come closer

21 Mode Metric Units All dimensions are in mm. On touch On release Everything it touches turns into a touch sensor. TOUCH Place your screw here

22 Touch in action Metal Object The coin at the end of the touch sensor will work with any metal object. Nonmetal Object If the object is nonmetal, turn it by using a conductive spray

23 Mode Metric Units All dimensions are in mm. On touch On release It s clickable! Place your screw here. BUTTON 44 45

24 Percentage Metric Units All dimensions are in mm. 15 % 70 % It isn t just for opening doors. Get creative with it. Place your screw here. KNOB 46 47

25 Type Metric Units All dimensions are in mm. Acceleration Rotation Move it. Shake it. Tilt it. TILT Place your screw here

26 Tilt in action Sandbag Place your Tilt in a sandbag and it will measure the acceleration of the punch. Joystick You can turn any object to a joystick. Rotate it to control an action

27 Z Tilt Parameters Type Acceleration - Detects acceleration. Rotation Direction X Axis Y Axis Z Axis XYZ Axes Y X Range Range 0 % 100 % Sets the maximum and minimum range of acceleration regardless of the direction % 100 % Sets the maximum range of acceleration in a direction and its opposite direction

28 Type X Axis Acceleration Rotation - Detects rotation. Direction Around X Axis Around Y Axis Around Z Axis Detects the rotation around a specific axis. Range Sets the angle of rotation in a direction and its opposite direction

29 Rotator Angular Plugger ANIMATE Modules

30 Metric Units All dimensions are in mm. Place your screw here. It twirls. It swirls. It goes full circle. ROTATOR 58 59

31 Rotator in action Wheel Goes round and round. Pulley Try it with a marionette and let it do all the work

32 This makes linear movement Two-Layered Fan One of the tricks we love is to create a two-layered design, with a fixed back layer and a front layer that rotates. Try it out if you want to see your design create fun patterns. This rotates Slider-Crank Use rotation to create linear movement. Zoetrope Want to try something cool using light? Look up zoetrope and watch some videos. You re in for a treat! 62 63

33 Rotator Parameters Direction Speed Clockwise 15 rpm Revolutions Per Minute (the second hand in a clock does one revolution per minute and a fan does 1000 per minute). Start Condition Once Triggered While Triggered Floating Mode Float the speed and you will get two modes: unidirectional or bidirectional. 0 0 max. - max. + max. - Takes action once the Feel Module is triggered. - Takes action as long as the Feel Module continues being triggered. Anti-clockwise Acceleration Constant Accelerate Decelerate Ease In Ease Out Ease Both Synchronization Try using it to go along the rhythm of your interactive environment - Starts slow, reaches a steady speed and maintains it. - Starts at a steady speed and slows down till it reaches a stop. - Slowly accelerates, maintains speed, then decelerates to a stop. End Condition 64 Nonstop Timed - Keeps going. - Keeps going within a set time frame. With Previous After Previous - Starts with previous action. - Starts after previous action. 65

34 Metric Units All dimensions are in mm. It goes from 0 to 180 and back. Place your screw here. ANGULAR 66 67

35 Angular in action Gauge Meter Yes or No Question? It can go back and forth for you

36 Open up the Gates! Hand Wave Wave a hand to add a personal touch. Boom Barrier 70 71

37 Flips Back and Forth Good for double-sided messages. This makes linear movement Slider-Crank Use rotation to create linear movement. This rotates Think Jack-In-The-Box 72 73

38 Angular Parameters End Condition Speed 15 hrpm Nonstop Hold Ping-Pong - Keeps going. - Goes once then stops. - Goes back and forth a certain number of revolutions. 1/2 a revolution per minute (the second hand in a clock does 1/2 a revolution in 30 seconds). Ping-Pong Delay 1.09 s 1.50 s Floating Mode Angle Delay time before it moves. Delay time after it moves. No preset parameters. The angle changes according to the Feel Module s trigger No. of Half Revolutions Start Condition Once Triggered While Triggered -Takes action once the Feel Module is triggered. - Takes action as long as the Feel Module continues being triggered. Synchronization With Previous After Previous - Starts with previous action. - Starts after previous action. 75

39 Metric Units All dimensions are in mm. Lights on, off and all the levels in between. PLUGGER 76 77

40 Plugger in action Light, Shadow & Reflection You know what s cool about light? Not only can you play with it, but you can also play with its intensity, shadow and reflection

41 Plugger Parameters Bright Range 15 % 75 % Sets the minimum dim value and the maximum bright value. Sharp Dimming Dim Start Condition Type Dimming Duration No. of Revolutions Dim Duration Dimming Sharp 1 s - Gradually changes from bright to dim. - Instantly changes from bright to dim. Duration it takes to dim down and duration it takes to bright up. Once Triggered While Triggered End Condition Dim-Bright Duration 1.5 s Nonstop Hold Blink 2 s - Lights up or dims down once the Feel Module is triggered. - Keeps lighting up or dimming down as long as the Feel Module continues being triggered. - Changes states indefinitely. - Changes states once and holds. - Changes states a preset number of times. Duration it stays dimmed down and duration it stays brightened up Number of times it goes from bright to dim and from dim to bright. 81

42 Audio Keyboard CONNECT Modules

43 Audio Parameters Music Choose your audio file. Choose a file Volume Adjust your volume. 85 % Add sound to your project. Connect with any Bluetooth speaker or computer. AUDIO 84 85

44 Keyboard Parameters It gives you total command of your laptop. Turn up the volume. Play a video. Or even print. KEYBOARD Type Text Shortcut End Condition Hold Loop - Enter the text that will be displayed on your screen. - Click on the key you want pressed to choose it. -The action happens once. - The action keeps looping. Triggered Shortcut option+shift+z Untriggered Shortcut option+space 86 -The key will be pressed if someone triggers it. You can choose a combination of keys, such as option + shift + z. -The key will be pressed if no action was taken to trigger it. You can choose a combination of keys, such as option + space. 87

45 Congrats, you re now an RG Kit master! Yes, it s that easy. Do you have any questions or comments for us? We love connecting with people. Here are ways to reach us: contact@argineering.net

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