The document discusses several ways that Flash can interact with hardware, including using a web camera, reading barcodes, connecting sensors with Phidgets, integrating a Wii remote with WiiFlash, and communicating with an Arduino board through Firmata and a serial proxy. It provides code examples and explanations of how each option works and what capabilities it provides for building interactive hardware projects with Flash.

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5. import flash.display.BitmapData; import flash.media.Camera; import flash.media.Video; ... public var video:Video = new Video( 320, 240 ); video.attachCamera( Camera.getCamera() ); addChild( video ); ... var bmp:BitmapData = new BitmapData( 320, 240 ); bmp.draw( video );

7. 0 = 3211 1 = 2221 2 = 2122 3 = 1411 4 = 1132 5 = 1231 6 = 1114 7 = 1312 8 = 1213 9 = 3112

9. for( var h:Number = 0; h < video.height; h++ ) { for( var w:Number = 0; w < video.width; w++ ) { average = bmpd.getPixel( w, h ); r2 = ( average >> 16 ) & 0xFF; g2 = ( average >> 8 ) & 0xFF; b2 = average & 0xFF; distance = Math.sqrt( Math.pow( r2 - r1, 2 ) + Math.pow( g2 - g1, 2 ) + Math.pow( b2 - b1, 2 ) ); } }

11. Barcode Reader Computer Vision

16. public var phidget = new PhidgetInterfaceKit(); phidget.addEventListener( PhidgetDataEvent.SENSOR_CHANGE, doSensor ); phidget.open( &quot;localhost&quot;, 5001 ); ... public function doSensor( event:PhidgetDataEvent ):void { picture.alpha = Number( event.Data ) / MAX_RANGE; }

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20. wiimote = new Wiimote(); wiimote.addEventListener( ButtonEvent.A_PRESS, doAButton ); wiimote.addEventListener( ButtonEvent.A_RELEASE, doAButton ); wiimote.addEventListener( WiimoteEvent.UPDATE, doUpdate ); wiimote.connect(); ... public function doAButton( event:ButtonEvent ):void { trace( event.type ); } public function doUpdate( event:WiimoteEvent ):void { trace( wiimote.pivot ); }

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