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Rainbow software simulation of mechanical sine wave machine, written at the Exploratorium
// I think there's a bug in here
float magnitude = 0;
float baseAngle = 0;
int lineSpacer = 4;
int yOffset = 80;
float cx;
float cy;
float newcx;
float newcy;
void setup() {
size(1024, 768);
colorMode(HSB, 360, 100, 100);
cx = width * 0.80;
cy = height/2;
newcx = cx;
newcy = cy;
}
void draw() {
// Variables for wave
float angle = baseAngle;
float div = 36;
int segment = 50;
float x = segment;
float lastY = height/2;
background(0);
//for (int i = segment; i < (width * .66) - segment; i += segment) {
for (int i = 0; i <= 11; i++) {
float y = height/2 + sin(radians(angle)) * magnitude/2;
// Wave circles
noStroke();
fill(0, 0, 100);
ellipse(x, y, 50, 50);
// Lines from top
color lc = int(map(i, 0, 11, 0, 360));
stroke(lc, 80, 80);
strokeWeight(1);
line(x, yOffset - i * lineSpacer, x, y);
line(x, yOffset - i * lineSpacer, cx, yOffset - i * lineSpacer);
// Update values
angle += div;
x += segment;
}
// Right circle
stroke(0);
strokeWeight(1);
noFill();
if (dist(cx, cy, mouseX, mouseY) < 125) {
newcx = mouseX;
newcy = mouseY;
magnitude = dist(cx, cy, mouseX, mouseY);
baseAngle = degrees(atan2(cy - mouseY, cx - mouseX)) + 150;
}
for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
color lc = int(map(i, 0, 11, 0, 360));
float a = i * 30 + 90;
stroke(lc, 80, 80);
line(cx + cos(radians(a)) * 125, cy + sin(radians(a)) * 125, cx, yOffset - i * lineSpacer);
}
fill(0, 0, 100);
noStroke();
ellipse(cx, cy, 250, 250);
for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
color lc = int(map(i, 0, 11, 0, 360));
float a = i * 30 + 90;
stroke(lc, 80, 80);
line(newcx, newcy, cx + cos(radians(a)) * 125, cy + sin(radians(a)) * 125);
}
}
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