I decided to silk screen print Thermochromic Ink of fabric. Here’s how I worked with the material! Thermochromic paints that were available: (http://www.cornelius.co.uk/search) Chromicolor® AQ Ink Type 10 Magenta colour change occurs between 8-16C. Chromicolor® AQ Ink Type 27 Magenta colour change occurs between 24-33C. Chromicolor® AQ Ink Type 15 Fast Blue Colour change occurs […]
These are notes I took for myself, that helped me understand and remember how to implement Serial communication in my code. Serial communication can be very important for troubleshooting, to see what bits of the code are working properly and which aren’t. It can also necessary for extra functions like for example communication data to […]
Better late than never: These are notes I took for myself, that helped me understand how a voltage devider works. I think it’s quite an important thing to know, because components like potis are based on it and a lot of other components need to be combined with a second resistor to work as a […]
Hey everyone. I found this video which explains in detail how to get the solder joints right. I’ve had some difficulties with good soldering, and Maggy you said were starting. This video was quite helpful
You can go to http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=3742 to get the detail instruction. another tutorial>> http://highlowtech.org/?p=1695 https://github.com/damellis/attiny/archive/master.zip There are many kinds of ATTINY, but today, we use ATTINY45 or 85 You can also get a USB programmer for ATTINY45/85
We have tried Servo and DC motors already. (Here I’m gonna concentrate a little more on DC motor, since servo is already described in Mika’s course note. ) The difference between the two is: Servo: * You can control the orientation and the angle of movement quite precisely. Normally the angle varies within 0 & […]
What is Flex sensor? Flex sensor, resistive sensor also works as the potentiometer. It is a flexible strip that changes its resistance when bent. The bigger curvature creates the bigger resistance.
You can divide the voltage by using 2 resisters. If you have 2 exactly same resistors, the voltage gets half in the middle, like the first diagram. As the ratio between two resisters changes, the voltage you get in the middle (between the resisters) changes accordingly. As the analog input pins are reading the voltage […]
PIR stands for Passive Infrared This sensor detects motion by measuring changes of heat in its surroundings. It is easy to connect if you follow carefully this few steps. For this Tutorial you will need: 1 Arduino Board 1 PIR Sensor 1 10kΩ Resistor Cables This is what the sensor looks like. When hooking up the […]
digitalWrite The digital pins have only two modes – ON (1) or OFF (0). We use the constants HIGH (on) and LOW (off) since this makes it easier to read code. Digital pin always gives the output power of 5V when HIGH and 0V when LOW. The pin need to be configured with pinMode( ). […]