Ivan’s agile thinkings

Just a quick post to let everyone see the latest incarnation of the big, visible build monitors that I have been building.  The current version connects directly to the network and scrapes Hudson’s json api for a specific view of the builds we have.

Here’s a list of the component parts:

• an Arduino ATMEGA328
• an Internet Shield
• code to parse the json api output of Hudson and drive the LEDs based on the status (colour) of the builds
• a few high-power LEDs to glow as brightly a possible (might whack some more in there one day to really make it glow)
• a dome (with previous lamp removed) from IKEA

This version is much prettier than the tupperware version I produced previously.  However, I did have to up the LED brightness so they can actually show through the pearlised lamp dome.

The next version will trigger a sound when the build status changes so the team knows that something’s gone wrong sooner (and that normality has been resumed when the build is fixed).

NOTE: The ‘bling bling piggy’ is always nearby to help lighten the pockets of those who break the build.

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