Over the last week I have made substantial progress on my Smart Tiles project. I did some play testing with friends to solidify thoughts around the interface. I have also continued to slog away in Fusion 360, finishing and placing an order for the PCB with OSHPark, ordering components from DigiKey, and preparing materials and […]
Earlier this year I took an interest in developing an educational toy that builds on traditional wood letter blocks. Seeing my younger family members interacting with screens I noticed a gap between the experience of the tangible toys they were given, which were often monotonous, flashy, and not very responsive, and the educational apps they […]
Over the last two weeks I have had the pleasure of working with my classmate Daniel Johnston on a P5.js project that makes use of sound. We were inspired by the experience of being in the dark, with the idea being to navigate a space based entirely on sound. Collaborating on code has been a […]
In this lab I learned to control the functions of a stepper motor through a motor driver board that handles power functions for the motor and communicates with an Arduino. The motor controller on hand was a A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier from Pololu. The A4988 board pinout and basic wiring diagram here: My setup […]
In this lab I learned to control the functions of a DC motor through a motor driver board that handles power functions for the motor and communicates with an Arduino. The motor controller on hand was a A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier from Pololu. The A4988 board pinout and basic wiring diagram here: My setup […]
This week in Physical Computing we learned about controlling devices that require more current than can be provided by an Arduino directly. Because Arduino pins are limited to supplying 10mA it is necessary to provide additional power externally for high current peripherals. To try this out I put to use a DC fan I pulled […]
This week I had the pleasure of collaborating with my classmate Daniel Johnston on an Audio-Visual instrument. You can try it here by clicking in the window then using the arrow keys on your computer: Our inspiration was to create an experience where you could walk virtually around a space and experience it entirely through […]
For my second project in Physical Computing I continued to work with Mai on our Dodeca! We had some helpful feedback during and outside of class that gave us two specific development goals. The first goal was to add some kind of button input to give more control to the user to trigger events. The […]
This week we learned about context free grammars. This technique follows a structure similar to rules for Mad Libs where predefined words or segments are substituted. To make this easier in JavaScript I made use of a library developed by Kate Compton called Tracery. As my mental faculties were constrained while waiting for the results […]
Over the last couple of weeks I have had the pleasure of collaborating with Magdalena Claro on my first project for Intro to Computational Media. The goal for this project was to manipulate images or video to create a one minute long experience of an alternate visual reality. Already Mai and I have been working […]
