Internet Button: it even has a speaker! (tutorial #4)

Now you can listen to Nyan Cat on demand.

Particle released a C++ library that handles much of the interaction with the Internet Button hardware components. That lib is publicly available on GitHub and includes a bunch of useful examples.

First you need to include that library:

Go to Particle GitHub.
Download InternetButton.cpp and InternetButton.h files.
Move them to a folder on your project’s repo (I used a libs folder).
Add at the top of your .ino file this line #include "InternetButton.h".

One of the examples allows you to play the Nyan Cat theme song! I extracted that functionality into a separate class.

On your setup you can add to a libs folder this NyanCat.h file:

#ifndef NYAN_CAT
#define NYAN_CAT

class NyanCatMelody {
    InternetButton b;
  public:
    NyanCatMelody(InternetButton button) {
      b = button;
    }
    void play();
  private:
    bool isPaused();
    void otherTasks();
    void playSongAndProcess(String song);
};

#endif

And this NyanCat.cpp:

// SOURCE: https://github.com/spark/InternetButton
#include "InternetButton.h"
#include "NyanCat.h"

// This is our Nyan Cat song definition
const char nyan_cat_intro[] = "DS5,16,E5,16,FS5,8,B5,8,DS5,16,E5,16,FS5,16,B5,16,CS6,16,DS6,16,CS6,16,AS5,16,B5,8,FS5,8,DS5,16,E5,16,FS5,8,B5,8,CS6,16,AS5,16,B5,16,CS6,16,E6,16,DS6,16,E6,16,B5,16\n";
const char nyan_cat_melody[] = "FS5,8,GS5,8,DS5,16,DS5,16,R,16,B4,16,D5,16,CS5,16,B4,16,R,16,B4,8,CS5,8,D5,8,D5,16,CS5,16,B4,16,CS5,16,DS5,16,FS5,16,GS5,16,DS5,16,FS5,16,CS5,16,DS5,16,B4,16,CS5,16,B4,16,DS5,8,FS5,8,GS5,16,DS5,16,FS5,16,CS5,16,DS5,16,B4,16,D5,16,DS5,16,D5,16,CS5,16,B4,16,CS5,16,D5,8,B4,16,CS5,16,DS5,16,FS5,16,CS5,16,DS5,16,CS5,16,B4,16,CS5,8,B4,8,CS5,8,FS5,8,GS5,8,DS5,16,DS5,16,R,16,B4,16,D5,16,CS5,16,B4,16,R,16,B4,8,CS5,8,D5,8,D5,16,CS5,16,B4,16,CS5,16,DS5,16,FS5,16,GS5,16,DS5,16,FS5,16,CS5,16,DS5,16,B4,16,CS5,16,B4,16,DS5,8,FS5,8,GS5,16,DS5,16,FS5,16,CS5,16,DS5,16,B4,16,D5,16,DS5,16,D5,16,CS5,16,B4,16,CS5,16,D5,8,B4,16,CS5,16,DS5,16,FS5,16,CS5,16,DS5,16,CS5,16,B4,16,CS5,8,B4,8,CS5,8,B4,8,FS4,16,GS4,16,B4,8,FS4,16,GS4,16,B4,16,CS5,16,DS5,16,B4,16,E5,16,DS5,16,E5,16,FS5,16,B4,8,B4,8,FS4,16,GS4,16,B4,16,FS4,16,E5,16,DS5,16,CS5,16,B4,16,FS4,16,DS4,16,E4,16,FS4,16,B4,8,FS4,16,GS4,16,B4,8,FS4,16,GS4,16,B4,16,B4,16,CS5,16,DS5,16,B4,16,FS4,16,GS4,16,FS4,16,B4,8,B4,16,AS4,16,B4,16,FS4,16,GS4,16,E4,16,E5,16,DS5,16,E5,16,FS5,16,B4,8,AS4,8,B4,8,FS4,16,GS4,16,B4,8,FS4,16,GS4,16,B4,16,CS5,16,DS5,16,B4,16,E5,16,DS5,16,E5,16,FS5,16,B4,8,B4,8,FS4,16,GS4,16,B4,16,FS4,16,E5,16,DS5,16,CS5,16,B4,16,FS4,16,DS4,16,E4,16,FS4,16,B4,8,FS4,16,GS4,16,B4,8,FS4,16,GS4,16,B4,16,B4,16,CS5,16,DS5,16,B4,16,FS4,16,GS4,16,FS4,16,B4,8,B4,16,AS4,16,B4,16,FS4,16,GS4,16,B4,16,E5,16,DS5,16,E5,16,FS5,16,B4,8,CS5,8\n";

void NyanCatMelody::play(){
  b.setBrightness(255);
  b.setBPM(142); // set the songs BPM
  playSongAndProcess(nyan_cat_intro);
  // Now loop the melody forever! You may pause the song by pressing any button :)
  playSongAndProcess(nyan_cat_melody);
}

/*********************************
* Below are our helper functions
*********************************/

// If any button is pressed, toggle `paused` and return it's value
bool NyanCatMelody::isPaused() {
  static bool paused = false;
  if (b.buttonOn(2) || b.buttonOn(3) || b.buttonOn(4)) {
    delay(50);
    paused = !paused;
    // wait until button is released
    while (b.buttonOn(2) || b.buttonOn(3) || b.buttonOn(4));
    delay(50);
  }
  return paused;
}

// Called once per note in the song
void NyanCatMelody::otherTasks() {
  b.advanceRainbow(25, 0);
  while (isPaused()) {      // while paused...
    b.setBrightness(50);    // dim the LEDs
    b.advanceRainbow(1, 2); // smoother rainbow
    Particle.process();     // keep our Cloud connection going
  }
  b.setBrightness(255); // re-brighten the jam!
}

/* This is the InternetButton::playSong(String song) routine
* pulled out here so we can call advanceRainbow() and read
* buttons in-between playing notes!
*/
void NyanCatMelody::playSongAndProcess(String song){
  char inputStr[song.length()];
  song.toCharArray(inputStr,song.length());
  char* note = strtok(inputStr,",");
  char* duration = strtok(NULL,", \n");

  while (duration != NULL) {
    // Play the note, and then process otherTasks()
    b.playNote(note, atoi(duration));

    // If button 1 is pressed the song stops, otherwise it is paused
    if (b.buttonOn(1)) {
      b.allLedsOff();
      return;
    }

    else
      otherTasks();

    // advance the note
    note = strtok(NULL,",");
    duration = strtok(NULL,", \n");
  }
}

On your *.ino file you can now include and play the tune as easy as:

#include "NyanCat.h"
int BLINK_TIMEOUT = 500; //milliseconds

void loop(){      
  // When you press the 1st button (12 o'clock)
  if(b.buttonOn(1)) {
    NyanCatMelody ncat = NyanCatMelody(b);
    ncat.play();
    delay(BLINK_TIMEOUT);
  }    
}

Now you can listen to Nyan Cat on demand.

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