Mike's Nabaztag Projects
This page is for my Nabaztag
projects. As the above logo
indicates, I'm mainly working in Python. Python
is available (for free) for a wide range of systems, including Windows, Mac, and
Linux.
However, if you use Windows but don't have Python installed, I'm also including
Windows executables for some of the projects, so you can use the program too! If you'd like to
install Python on your Windows machine, I like the free pre-bundled packages that Active
State puts together, available here:
http://www.activestate.com/Products/activepython/. Mac's and many Linux
machines often ship with Python installed, but you may want to update the
version.I welcome suggestions, additions, or improvements.
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My first project
was extending the
Nabaztag.py api that's been written at
Nabazlib, a Python API wrapper
for Violet's API. I significantly expanded upon the original, so that
now every command supported by the API is supported, as is combining multiple
commands into a single command. [As of 1/31/10 it supports sending the
streaming audio command] It also has a format helper class that takes the returned XML string from Violet and either converts it to a nicely formatted string for printing or converts it to a Python ElementTree for further processing by the calling application. By itself, this program is useful to other developers, but does nothing as a stand-alone program, so only the python source is provided. Click here to download the code. Some of the programs below include earlier versions of Nabaztag.py in the download. This new version is 100% backwards compatible. |
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Nabaztag Control Panel (NCP) The Nabaztag Control Panel (NCP) allows one to
interact with Nabaztags through a simple graphical user interface (GUI). The user interface is not as fancy or pretty as
napicc, which is written in Visual
Basic, but NCP is cross-platform (you just need Python 2.5 or later installed).
You can use it to easily control multiple bunnies, and it has the ability to
store and load choreographies, so that you can save the ones you've written and
reuse them. It's available with all required files here. The zip file includes the latest version of Nabaztag.py, which is required (same as the version above). See the included ReadMe file for more information. |
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Yet Another
Weather Nabaztag, Version 1.0. My third project (and ironically, the first to be finished) is a weather
report application that uses Yahoo's RSS weather feeds. It retrieves
weather for a specified zip code from Yahoo, parses it, and send the information
on to your Nabaztag as a text to speech message. Because there are already a
number of weather applications out for the Nabaztag, it's called Yet Another Weather Nabaztag (YAWN). I built
it as a starter project for processing RSS feeds into a Nabaztag text to speech
message, and also because I wanted more information than the simple next day
forecast that's provided by Violet. Features: YAWN will retrieve weather for a specified zip code from Yahoo, parse it, and send the information on to your Nabaztag. It provides current conditions as of the latest Yahoo report, including temperature, humidity, wind chill, and sky conditions (e.g., cloudy). It also provides the times for sunrise and sunset, the forecast for the current day, and for the next day. You can specify which Nabaztag voice you want it to use. To download the Python code, click here. Included in this zip file are the source code for YAWN.py, a modified version of Nabaztag.py, a Python API for Nabaztags that YAWN uses, and the required wxBunnyFile.txt file (with placeholders for your Nabaztag's serial number and token). You can use the Windows task scheduler or a Linux chron program to schedule the weather to be sent to your Nabaztag whenever you want. If you don't have Python, you can download a Windows executable instead. Also included are the executable files to run on Windows machines without Python. The zip file can be downloaded here. |
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Ear Sensor (Updated 1/2/08, need this version if you are using the latest
version of Nabaztag.py) This is a simple program that sends a message to your
Nabaztag when one or both of the bunny's ears are moved. A text to speech
message is sent if the bunny's right ear is moved, and an mp3 file sent if the
left ear is moved. Both messages are sent if both are moved. To
download the Python code, click here It is best used by setting up the program to run periodically, using Window's task scheduler or a cron file. It will poll Violet's server to check on the ear positions and compare them with the last position. If you don't have Python, you can download a Windows executable instead. Also included are the executable files to run on Windows machines without Python. The zip file can be downloaded here. |
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Traffic Reporting Rabbit This
is a sample program that uses a trip-specific, customized
RSS feeds from
traffic.com. Unless you travel from Tysons
Corner, VA to downtown Washington, it won't be particularly useful to you as
written, but if you live in a city served by
traffic.com, you can go to their site to
set up your own custom RSS feed and then easily modify this code to access your
own feed. It's also a good example of using the ElementTree module in Python to parse
an RSS feed, and then sending the key elements to a Nabaztag, and may provide
some useful ideas for other customized feeds. Here's a video demonstration:
You'll need to download Nabaztag.py, above, which is also included in both the YAWN or Ear Sensor zip files, above, in order to use the program. Nabaztag.py is a file used to interface to the Nabaztag API. To download the traffic rabbit Python code, click here. |
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| Google Calendar Reader. This program fetched the remaining events for the day from your Google calendar and sends them to be read aloud by your rabbit. It uses the Google data Python client and my Nabaztag.py API wrapper (above). The source code can be downloaded here. |
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This page last updated November 14, 2009
