def ElectionWon(winner):
while 1:print winner, ” WIN!!!!!!”

class CNN(object):
def __init__(self):
self.url = “http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/”

def get(self):
“”"return the electoral balance
(dpopular, delectoral), (rpopular, relectoral)
“”"
u = urllib2.urlopen(self.url)
for line in u.readlines():
res = re.search(r’var CNN_NData=(.*?);’, line)
if res is not None:
data = res.group(1)
data = data.replace(“true”, “True”)
data = data.replace(“false”, “False”)
data = eval(data)

d,r = None, None
for candidate in data['P']['candidates']:
if candidate['party'] == ‘D’:
d = candidate['votes'], candidate['evotes']
if candidate['winner']:
ElectionWon(“DEMOCRATS”)
elif candidate['party'] == ‘R’:
r = candidate['votes'], candidate['evotes']
if candidate['winner']:
ElectionWon(“REPUBLICANS”)
if d[1] > r[1]: leader = “<<<<< d[1]: leader = “>>>>>>”
if d == r: leader = “——”
print “Democrats Popular:”,d[0],” Democrats Electoral:”,d[1],leader,” Republicans Popular:”,r[0],” Republicans Electoral:”,r[1]
return 0

if __name__==’__main__’:
cnn = CNN()
os.system(“clear”)
while 1:
cnn.get()
time.sleep(2)
os.system(“clear”)
“”"DOS users should replace ‘clear’ with ‘cls’”"”

I’d say it works well, but we’re still at 0,0 :)

but hey, no dmx, just arduino and a few red and blue leds.

write a simple pic project to modulate them and get data via rs232. use a pc to collect the data and send the numbers to the pic.

same thing in 20 minutes and far less money spent.

will you fill a room full of light? no, but then the DMX lighting setup will run several hundred anyways.

can you give more details on the trs80 mod

Though the DMX protocol is quite simple, it does have some tricky timing. I’d caution against trying to whip it up from scratch given the fact that it can be done on a computer quite cheaply.

I was actually just integrating the code I posted with the DMX code (from a previous project) and I’ll update the blog entry with the final code shortly.