Above are the final protoypes for our Stoneglow project. The tri-colored superbrights worked quite well inside the enclosures. We were thrilled with the end result of the resin castings. We would have preferred to have been able to obscure the LED bulb and have the light diffuse more thoroughly through the shape but time ran out on us. More to come on the process itself.
LightBoxes in Action
Prototyping Board (with 4 pairs of an IR emitter and detector and 3 Superbright LEDS) Connected to an Arduino
Experimenting w/ Internal Light-Enhancing Materials
Testing the LightBox Enclosures
Minsoo and I went to Canal Plastics this past Saturday and bought some opaque, white plexiglass. It'll take some time to cut and fashion the plastic into our hexagonal forms. So, in order to have a mock-up for testing, we decided it would be best to buy "pre-made" enclosures. These food containers will serve the purpose. We sanded them to take off the gloss/shine and to create a somewhat opaque finish. We're hoping to get the light to spread evenly inside the enclosure.
Lab #3 was very straightforward. I hope to increase my knowledge greatly in coding the Arduino and in drawing circuit diagrams as it will help in future physical computing endeavors. Working on the labs is making it sink in quite nicely though. Well, at least the diagram part. The coding will be a slower process I believe (baby steps as they say).
I had a little difficulty getting the drivers to install (just didn't read the instructions carefully). Once I got that settled, everthing was relatively simple. I've still got to make sure everything is seated properly, and that all the connections are good. I realized my LED connected to the #3 pin wasn't coming on due to the fact that I had the diode polarity switched around. So, I corrected that and it worked great. Fun, cool lab. Yeah, now I'm using the Arduino!
