I have found a schematic online that shows how to connect a DC motor to a motion detector sensor. As soon as those arrive Tatyana and I can start to work with those.
As for our final project, we are still planning on making our installation piece. We want to keep the schematic simple. Essentially, it should just be a bunch of DC motors connected to a few motion sensors. The application and construction of the installation is going to be the bigger challenge. I also don't quite understand how we can have one motion detector connect to multiple DC motors. Once we got one down, we can work on getting multiple down.
-K
We are quite pleased with where we are currently with our project. While there are still a few aesthetic decisions to discuss, and sketches to perfect, we been able to come up with a generic look of our project that gets the gist across of what we want it to look like.
What we've learned:
- DC MOTORS are our best option
- they have the simplicity we want for our mechanics
- need to find a sketch that slows it down, and "agitates it" as seen in the servo motor
- We attached the tubing to the motor
- moves great, but the DC MOTORS will have to be enforced to allow free range of motion
- tubing currently needs to be cut short, but hopefully, with the agitation applied, there length won't affect their movement
- Kelsey and transistors don't mix
- The LEDs will most likely be implemented into the top board of the piece, illuminating onto the tubing.
- We are going to need a lot more DC MOTORS and LEDs
hot gluing the tubing to the motor
learned the hard way to tape down the motor
videos on movement
-T.
These are off to a good start. I love the way they bend and arc. Think about spacing and what happens if they hit each other or if you want them to bounce off of each other. What happens when they are much longer.
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