Midterm: Final
Here's the link to the final blog entry for our Midterm:
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October 27, 2006
Week 6: Step Motor
Luckily, my midterm project required use of a motor, so I got to work with my team on this one.
October 12, 2006
Week 5: Serial Port
This is what I got when I followed the Terminal instructions for Mac ... What am I doing wrong?
Midterm: Diagram
We've pretty much nailed down how our frame will function. We've placed an order for more powerful photocells to give us greater range and ultimately better functionality. If they don't arrive in time, we've developed a back-up program that determines the weather for NYC and will adjust the photo accordingly. We've also discussed developing a version that is timed, which may be a better option if the temperature doesn't fluctuate much.
We're also consideirng using all three and developing a switch that will alllow the user to choose between the three methods.
Our next steps are to start building based on our current materials and determine what artwork we would like to display for this first prototype.
This is a diagram of our current plan:
Midterm: Observation
I took a trip to Moma:
Week 4: Servo Motors
Sorry for the delay in posting ... IPhoto quit working and forced me to upgrade ... Ugh ...
October 02, 2006
Week 3: Arduino --> potentiometer
Managed to get the potentiometer and light sensor working w/a little help from Schimmel:
http://itp.nyu.edu/~acb363/physcomp/week3/
I tried to have 2 light up to create some sort of "luv-meter." I set the first led to light up and set up a second to light up if the light sensor reached >40. This worked well, but the second light wouldn't blink like the first, it stayed on - even after I moved my finger from the sensor.