Liquid Crystal Library

Finally got them to work.

EA Ch 8

These were literally the only LCD things I could get working. I completely re-did it at least four times and used two different breadboards and two different LCDs. I couldn't not get any of the Liquid Crystal Library to work at all I do not know why. Perhaps it is a sign. 

11/4 Exploring Arduino Ch 10 LCD screen

pin 4 in lcd screen-> digital 12

pin 6 in lcd screen --digital 11

Final Project Process 2

Supplies! So here's the deadl, the whole 'wings' thing is a lot more difficult than I previously anticipated.
the project is going to be a redux of project 2, and I'm going to use the code from sketch 2 as a base.

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Supplies! 

I wanted to go for a solar-punk/cyberpunk feel, and part of solarpunk is definitely re-using and recycling. Here are some  elecrical cords and wires that I picked up from the re-purpose project to use as parts.

These wires are from the OP powerstrip that I dismantled earlier in the semester. I like their color, consider using it in the project. 

Some more parts. 

A metal piece that i found in a scrap pile. I don't actually know what it is from, but it is the perfect size to fit around my neck. Best choker material. I decided to make a techno-geek necklace out of it, using the same lilyTiny that I used to make the glitter-gloves out of.

Some jewelry wire, made out of colored copper. They're conductive enough to be used as connectors, so I can use it to make the project more physically attractive.

All the supplies laid out.

Cannibalizing the gloves for parts. Its not like i would use them for anything else. 

Most of the leds from Lilypad were green, decided just to go with it as far as color scheme goes.

attaching the LilyTiny and the coincell battery just with wires seemed risky, and prone to falling apart. Also I needed something to keep the conductive bits from touching my skin and shorting out. I decided to glue the lilyTiny to a blank metal locket. The locket was conductive, so lots of glue would be necessary as insulation.

the coin cell battery holder and  the LilyTiny are both pretty neat to look at, so I decided to treat both of them as pendants, and the focal points of the jewelry, despite not having leds.

Fritzing for the necklace. They didn't have a lilyTiny circuit so I used an accelerometer as a stand-in, since it has the same number of ports. 

stripping some of the smaller wires for the ground wires.

Attached both ground ports of coincell holder to ground of LilyTiny for stability and physical symmetry. Electrical tape was used as insulation and to add color.

Attaching cords to the outport ports on the lilyTiny.

The metal base turned out to be conductive in its own right, so I covered it with a layer of bright silver nail-polish, and a layer of clear nail-polish to serve as color and electrical insulation.

Now that the issue of conductivity was solved I began attaching the wires to the base.

Figuring the ground out was a bit of a challenge. 

Almost finished!

Creating the armband out of felt.

Wanted to make it pretty, so I used some of these attractive metal buttons I purchased from jo-anns.

Chose these 

Covered the wires in green ribbon to make it more aesthetically pleasing. 

The reclaimed wires are much thicker than the other wires, there's a lot of exposed metal. 

Electrical tape to the rescue, again!

E600 glue to attach the circuits. (apparently It can give you cancer?)

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So the glue didn't work out, had to sew the circuits on. Which is what they're made for anyway? I don't know why I didn't do that to begin with?

  // the setup routine runs once when you press reset:
    void setup() {
      // initialize serial communication at 9600 bits per second:
      Serial.begin(9600);
      pinMode(11, OUTPUT);
      pinMode(10, OUTPUT);
      pinMode(9, OUTPUT);
      digitalWrite(11, LOW);
      digitalWrite(10, LOW);
      digitalWrite(9, LOW);
    }

    // the loop routine runs over and over again forever:
    void loop() {
      // read the input on analog pin 0:
      int xValue = analogRead(A3);
      delay(1);
      int yValue = analogRead(A4);
      delay(1);
      int zValue = analogRead(A5);


      Serial.println(" "); // Makes a space between the readings

 //making leds glow

 float mappedx = map(xValue, 230, 390, 50, 255 );
 float mappedy = map(yValue, 230, 390, 50, 255 );
 float mappedz = map(zValue, 230, 390, 50, 255 );

analogWrite(11, mappedx);
analogWrite(10, mappedy);
analogWrite(9, mappedz);

      delay(100);

}

Final Project Documentation

Concept:

I wanted to create wearable tech that drew attention to itself, that did not hide itself and drew attention to itself. I wanted to create something solarpunk, and while it did not have any solar panels, the re-use of old parts wembodies part of the solarpunk spirit. The light varies according to movement, due to the accelerometer.

For the most part I though this project was successful. Charlie said that the most successful part was the necklace, sine the wires used un the arm-band did not allow for flowing movement.

A/N. During crit there was issue with the lithium ion coin cell battery not providing enough voltage to run the program, so I came back a second day with a rechargeable battery that I used a usb cable to attach and kept it in my pocket. It allowed for an extended use, 20+ hours per charge, and greater mobility.

Final Project Process 1

So the most important part of this project is the concept. Since we are artists and concept is our bread and butter, our live blood without which our existence would be futile.

I thought long and hard about this, and decided to keep to something relatively simple. Complex concepts are often unwieldy, and difficult to parse.

The core ideas that serve as the motivation behind this project are: wearable tech, light, movement.



I want to make "wings" that light up in different colors depending on how you move.

And I ask; are we Icarus?


http://www.geeetech.com/wiki/index.php/LilyPad_Accelerometer_ADXL335

http://www.instructables.com/id/Work-It-Out-An-interactive-fitness-motivation-syst/

http://web.media.mit.edu/~leah/LilyPad/build/accelero_shirt.html

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