About Claude-Light

Claude Light is a simple instrument inspired by the work by Sterling Baird and Taylor Sparks in this paper. Claude light has only a few minor variations:

• I use a REST API instead of MQTT because it is easier to develop.
• I use an ethernet cable because the wifi at school is too secure to connect a PicoW.
• I use a Raspberry Pi instead of a PicoW because it has built in Ethernet port, and I find it easier to debug since I can ssh into it and it has a display port.
• I use float inputs from 0-1 instead of integers. In the program that runs it, floats are the inputs anyway, and the continuous inputs are easier to introduce in my opinion.

There are two ways to interact with Claude light. First, visit the Green Machine 1 or the RGB machine. These are simple web forms where you enter the light levels to measure, and then get tabular data you can copy and paste or download.

The second way is by URL or http request. For example you can visit /api?R=0.12&G=0.45&B=1 in a browser or use the Python requests package, and you will get a json packet back with the results from that RGB setting. The instrument returns 8 different wavelengths of visible light, plus clear and near-infrared.