10/12 Kayla Evans Mini-Project

-For my piece, the color output of an LED is controlled by the way in which the piece is tilted; I want the viewer to tilt the piece around and, in this way, indirectly sift through the ash so as to discover the story written on the incompletely-burnt bits of paper. A piece of metal inside of the glass box helps to reflect more light from the LED within the box. I would have liked to have incorporated more pieces of paper with writing on it, as well as more ash and bits of metal.

10/12 Mini Project Maria

Got the piezo to play a small piece of music. Based on a tutorial that used a MIDI file to turn notes into something that the Arduino can read and play.

Program a Simple Tune on an Arduino Uno

Press the RESET button to restart.

1. Maria, this is beautiful. I am impressed that you were able to program this to play an actual song! I am wondering, however, if there was some other component that you could have added to this -- maybe to alter the sound somehow? I think some interactivity would make this even better! -Shimul
2. Even though it's a piezo, it sounds natural and melodious; it would be interesting to have several going and harmonizing with each other, as well -Kayla
3. It works! This is really great and the song is definitely recognizable. It would be interesting if there were some sort of sensor so that the viewer interaction would be more than pressing the reset button. To have it trigger somehow could embed a layer of meaning that the current project lacks. -jen
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10/12 Tatyana and Kelsey Mini Project

For the mini projects Kelsey and I decided to work separately, but still together, on projects that when combined could be of possible use for our final project. Kelsey focused on the actual motion of the the piece, while I created the more visual presence.

My project encompasses the mood light, a lightings schematic that portrays the mood of the person based on temperature. Unfortunately and Fortunately things went well and wrong with this learning experiment.

I was unable to hookup the temperature sensor due to complications and my own incompetence, so I tweaked the code to make it so that the light changed based in proximity.

LED
LDR
120K RESISTOR (didn't have the 120 so I switched with a 100k and 150k)

ARDUINO

The tmp sensor worked at the beginning, the day before crit (Kelsey was always yellow, I was always blue, Shimul/ Ivette was red) but when I put the cylinder cone on top, it began to not work as well, and even taking the paper off, the sensor didn't work. I tried replacing it and re making the schematic but :[, so I modified the board, to just create a constantly changing lava lamp. This coincide more with our project anyway, and worked best alongside Kelsey's motor project