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Amira Pettus
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christopherkoelsch
Surprises for this process: it wasn’t too difficult to get the LED’s working. Working with Mike Susol, we both had a sense of satisfaction with this revelation especially with the “sleeping” state. We both hadn’t worked with brightness before.
What was difficult was “perfecting” the project. Putting ‘for’ loops inside the else, else if statements — and timing the pauses between the states accurately.
Taking arduino to the ‘next’ level jumped me to understanding a bit more. There was an additional satisfaction in making a complete project. Also, the several ways our code can be written was also seen.
I hadn’t ever seen Arduino as an art medium previously: I’d always only concentrated on just trying to make the code work.
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Yury Gitman
Making Toys Assignment for Tues 21st.
Make a “Living Light Object”
Create an enclosure (of any material) that diffuses and hides your LEDs (and optionally your Arduino).
Using If and Else If, create 3 different LED Animations. The 3 animations should be Keyboard controlled. The three animations should show 3 different states:
1) Waking Up, or Alert
2) Falling Asleep, or Soothing
3) Think or Chaos
Use If statements, Knighrider, and Fading LED code to make your 3 animations. Your enclosure should not expose that LED’s are creating the light, but should instead be itself the light source. Concentrate on the use of Light, Color, and Time to recreate the illusion of life.
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Adam
On the blog it says that the assignment is due on the 21st but in class you had said that it was due the 16th. When would you like for us to have the enclosed LED ready for?
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Yury Gitman
Major Studio Assignment for Feb 16th.
Make an “Emotional Box”
Create an enclosure that diffuses and hides your LEDs (and Arduino).
Using If and Else If, create 3 different LED Animations. The 3 animations should be Keyboard controlled. The three animations should show 3 different states:
1) Waking Up, or Alert
2) Falling Asleep, or Soothing
3) Think or Random Activity
Use Sketch 6-01 from Programming Arduino along with Knighrider and Fading LED code to make your 3 animations. Recommended enclosure is a plexiglass box with paper to diffuse the light.
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Yury Gitman
Wireless Toys Class Parts
Parts List, Spring 2012
1) Arduino UNO, 1 unit: [from any where]http://www.sparkfun.com/products/11021
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2) Break Away Headers – Straight sku: PRT-00116
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/116
5 x pcs
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3) usb a-to-b cable for arduino
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4a)
Jumper Wires Premium 12″ M/M Pack of 10http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9387
1 or 2 pack
and4b) Jumper Wires Premium 12″ F/F Pack of 10
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9389
1 Pack
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5) Breadboard
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9567
3 x pcs
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3 x Super Bright Red LED
3 x Super Bright Green LED
3 x Super Bright Yellow LED
3 x Super Bright Blue LEDhttp://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=super+bright+led&what=products
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Long Nosed Pliershttp://www.sparkfun.com/products/10392
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WireWrap Tool, 1 pcshttp://parts.digikey.com/1/parts/996035-tool-wrap-strip-unwrap-mod-30awg-wsu-30m.html
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http://parts.digikey.com/1/parts/996034-tool-wrap-strip-unwrap-reg-30awg-wsu-30.html
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Wire Warp Spool, 1 x Red, 1 x Black, 1 x Greenhttp://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=wire+wrap+spool&what=products
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Speaker, 3 pcshttp://www.sparkfun.com/products/10722
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Use First Class Mail for shipping option. You’ll have is in 1 or 2 business days.
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kasiawitek
Lil about me
1. background:
I have a BFA in Film Art from Syracuse University.Essentially, in the long years since, I freelanced as a one-woman-band. I filmed, edited, authorized, designed logos, etc. I even spent a loooong year of my life editing footage shot on the U.S Navy’s Aircraft Carrier ( a floating high school ). I shot a lot of stuff for NYC’s non for profit typa places. I also dabbled in some photography and graphic design.
It all was well until i ran out of steam and passion for what i was currently working on. I wanted to make things once again, not document others making things.2. Why in class?
I want to make stuff. Technology is pretty new to me. I figured, there’s no better way to learn about circuits and arduino stuff then to learn it while having fun. Right? I know this class will be fun!3. Fave toy:
CLAYOh and this little number from Russia. It was all the rage.
(wordpress is not letting me upload any images at the present moment. I will re-visit in a few)
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Amira Pettus
1st Post yeah!
1.) Amira Anne Pettus
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3.) I have a B.S. from Georgia Tech in Science,Technology,and Culture.
4. I wanted to be in this class because I need to acquire practical skills that I can apply in the job market. I also would like to learn technical abilities so that I am able make physical objects/pieces.
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lizastark
Liza Stark
BACKGROUND: My way back background is in history and Russian Studies, but following undergrad I worked for an international ed nonprofit running in and afterschool programs for k-12 students in a bunch of schools all over NYC. I became really interested in using games for learning which is why I came to MFADT, then found soft circuits and physical computing which subsequently turned into an obsession. Currently I am running a few afterschool programs with elementary, middle, and high school students focused on soft circuits, everyday objects, and physical computing. For my thesis I am developed a toolkit using alternative/softer materials for students to explore electrical and basic computational concepts. Essentially paper boxes that talk to each other.
CLASS?: I am in this class to learn more about wireless communication and make fun things.
FAV TOY: Legos
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lizastark
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KB
UFO toy deconstruction
Here are some photos from the deconstruction that we completed in class.
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KB
Kierstie KJ Barr
My name is Kj Barr. I am from the Bay Area. This is my first year in DT. My favorite toy growing up was teddy teddy roxpin
This toy came with a book. I was able to place a small tape into the bum of the teddy bear and its mouth would move and he would read to me.
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kasiawitek
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Caitlin Morris
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minho
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Joe Volpe
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theliztaylor
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Dah-Ni
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Estefanie Duque
Background: I have a BA in Film Studies and Media Studies. I took this class because I think it could help me in my thesis process. I am currently working on making toys/objects that generate energy when they are in use. This energy will be harnessed to later charge mobile devices.
Adam is discussing. 
Making Toys 
Amira Pettus 11:20 pm on February 16, 2012 Permalink |
1.What was surprising about making your project?
Instead you using multiple separate LEDS I used a single RGB LED, I assumed that the methods for fading and flashing would be almost identical to single LEDS and I was mistaken. I learned that different colors are activated and are visible in different amount and trying to arrive at a single suitable color combination proved to be interesting.I thought it would be simple to come up with switches for transitioning between “moods” but the potentiometer I used is quite finicky. Instead of moving smoothly between each mood it is hard to determine how to be in specific sections of fading,flashing A and flashing B.