Projects for the ITP course Energy
For my freeform project in Energy I have been working to consolidate what I learned from replacing the firmware on my Tuya based smart plug into a GitHub repository. I have titled the repo Tuya-Arduino and it is online here. This was my first time creating a GitHub repository so I have been learning a […]
Over the last week I have made considerable of progress on my Solar powered fractal tree. Enclosure The bamboo plywood from Inventables arrived! Mai Claro, Daniel Ryan, Benjamin Moll, and a number of other ITP students helped to get me up and running for my first time on the laser cutter. I cut initially out […]
For my final project in The Nature of Code and Energy I am constructing a fractal plant, running on Arduino, that will reside on an e-paper display and be powered by the sun. Over the last few weeks I have made progress sourcing components and getting the basic circuitry assembled following my previous post with […]
Bill of materials The bill of materials for the solar fractal plant includes: Waveshare 5.65″ ePaper Module ($76) Voltaic 2 Watt 6 Volt Solar Panel ($29) Arduino Nano 33 IoT ($19) Lithium Ion Battery – 3.7v 2000mAh ($12.50) Adafruit Universal USB / DC / Solar Lithium Ion/Polymer charger ($10) 3.5mm / 1.1mm to 5.5mm / […]
Virtual Plant Plants are responsible for doing a tremendous amount of work on Earth using sunlight to power their metabolic process. They have also been shown to have a calming effect on people and personally helped to lift my mood in an otherwise dreary NYC urban life. For my solar project I want to pay […]
For my midterm project in The Nature of Code I set out to create an interface to display data representing my electricity use at home. I have been thinking about how my actions, like driving a car or leaving on a home appliance, have consequences in the environment through carbon emissions, however the connection often […]
To better understand the function of a mechanical clock I made a simple Graham escapement, also known as a deadbeat escapement, based on a 3D print from user Dynasus over on Thingiverse. While my initial goal with this project was to find a method of counting days using a mechanical method I realized that I […]
After encouragement in class last week I did more research into flashing custom firmware to the Smart Plug I have been using to measure power draw for various items around my home. The default firmware and app combo had some severe limitations including limiting historical data to cumulative power use by day and also provided […]
This week I continued work on my primary measurement project to make better sense of how I use electricity at home. I began by making an inventory of every item in my NYC apartment that is plugged in to a wall outlet, of which there are 76, and measuring each of their electrical usage characteristics. […]
For the first half of the semester in Energy I will be creating two projects, one primary project on the topic of measuring energy and another shorter secondary project exploring kinetic energy. My initial inspiration around the topic of kinetic energy involves measuring time. My two favorite time pieces at home are an old Waltham […]