for this weeks task I wanted to create a mood lamp inspired by this post:
https://www.hackster.io/KaustubhAgarwal/world-mood-lamp-0634cb
the idea is that whenever you post a tweet with a particular hashtag the lamp will light up, it made use of IFTTT and Blynk and I thought it would be fun and simple to do but I was very wrong.
I first set up a basic circuit with an RGB light and tested to see if that was working which it was. Then I moved on to setting up accounts for both IFTTT and Blynk. I really like IFTTT it’s really fun and easy to use thank you for introducing me.
I linked my Twitter account and created a trigger. This was where things started to get confusing. If you follow the link the tutorial is quite vague and so I struggled a lot with trying to set up Blynk and link it to my Arduino. I think the main reason was due to the fact that I was trying to do it through USB and most tutorials use Wifi. I tried just figuring out how to use Blynk with Arduino using a USB and it wouldn’t work, I then tried to connect IFTTT to Blynk and again I couldn’t figure it out. I don’t think I’ve ever been more confused in my life and I’m slightly upset I couldn’t figure this out. My mood light was a failure 🙁