PComp Final: Cube Player
The Cube Player is a music player in a cube. You can play songs by rotate the cube. Full function description is here. The Main components are the Arduino Uno, MP3 Player Shield and Triple Axis Accelerometer & Gyro…
PComp Final Project Concept + Play Test
Music Cube Concept Inspiration: http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/06/when-poor-usability-services-the-user-experience/ Materials Arduino Speaker Accelerometers Acrylics/Wood Batteries XBees? Resistors/Wires Play Test From the play test using a cube-shape box, I noticed that there’s no way to adjust the angle of the speaker because each time you turn…
PComp Midterm: SHOUT ‘N DRAW
What is one thing humans do every day? We talk- to each other, to ourselves, to our phones. But what if you could talk to your objects and change their behavior by simply using their voice? Inspiration Patricia and…
Final Project Concept: Who Controls What You See
Patricia and I want to create a data visualization that is triggered by the pulling out of different panels of information. Each time a panel is pulled, the LEDs light up to reflect the ratio of men and women in…
Lab: Using a transistor to control high current loads with an Arduino
Lab link is here. The motor, without a “rotation indicator”, was hard to tell whether the speed was changing or not. And it did seem not changing according to the sound it made. Troubleshooting is needed in the coming week….
PComp Midterm Project – Concept
Patricia and I are going to make a Voice-controlled Colored LED Pen for light drawing. Here is stage 1 of what our P. Comp midterm is going to be. We are showing the timeline, the diagram and the necessary parts. This…
Lab: Multiple Serial Output
Here is the Lab link. I used 2 potentiometers for the multiple serial input. I haven’t soldered my second potentiometer so I wrap a tape around it to fix the wires. I met some problems when Processing is try to…
Lab: Serial Out
The lab link (source of the code). The circuit: Serial Out from Xinran Wang on Vimeo. Code in Arduino: void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); } void loop() { int analogValue = analogRead(A0) /4; // read the pot value Serial.write(analogValue); // print…
Hits and Misses
The Physical Computing’s Greatest Hits (and misses) really broaden my horizon to the projects of physical computing, even though some of them have already been produced as a merchandise. For example, the Floor Pads is very similar to the dance…
Turnstiles@NYC Metro
How it is used and contexts of use The turnstiles at the subway stations are used for entry and exit. While entering the station, swipe your MetroCard through the slot in the top of the turnstile. Walk through when the…
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