https://nerding.at/course/101 a course at eLab KHB SS14 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 07:54:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1835 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1835#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:46:19 +0000 http://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1835 Hey everyone, here is a final update on the outcome of my project. I designed the concept Cycle last summer. One year later, I now got back to the project to ‘make it work’.  My goal was to create a fully functioning prototype, to be able to do real life user testing in an exemplary […]]]> https://nerding.at/course/101/?feed=rss2&p=1835 0 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1714 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1714#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2014 21:11:26 +0000 http://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1714 For my new prototype, I designed internals, that slide into the tube and hold the electronics in place. I made them in the workshop from MDF. Although my new prototype also serves as a visual model, these internals are not primarily designed to exactly fit the prototypes electronics and do not necessarily represent the internals […]]]> https://nerding.at/course/101/?feed=rss2&p=1714 0 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1669 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1669#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2014 13:38:13 +0000 http://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1669 Testing My Quik’N'Dirty prototype is finished. I boiled down the core functions to one prototype with adjustable heights and widths for testing. I applied my electronic setup. Here are some first impressions from setting it up in the workshop: This morning I took the prototype to my exemplary case scenario S Prenzlauer Allee. Here are […]]]> https://nerding.at/course/101/?feed=rss2&p=1669 0 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1633 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1633#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:56:14 +0000 http://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1633 As it turned out re – exchanging those buttons for PIRs was a lot more complicated then expexted. When I simply plugged in the sensors, they didn’t work properly. After a lot of testing I figured, that at least two of the eLab’s three PIRs appeared to be broken. I ordered new ones from Tinkersoup, […]]]> https://nerding.at/course/101/?feed=rss2&p=1633 0 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1599 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1599#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2014 11:09:12 +0000 http://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1599 The Code is working, I am now exchanging my buttons for PIR Motion Sensors again. Here’s what my setup looks like before and after. With buttons: With PIR Motion Sensors: *The big red thing is the MP3Player Shield, that sits on top of the Arduino Uno.]]> https://nerding.at/course/101/?feed=rss2&p=1599 0 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1596 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1596#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 16:47:09 +0000 http://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1596 Just a quick update: I managed to implement the millis() function correctly into my  code. Before the sound was only triggered, when both pedestrian and cyclist are detected simultaniously. Now it also triggers, when a bike is detected and a pedestrian has been detected recently (within the last four seconds). So I’ve got the main […]]]> https://nerding.at/course/101/?feed=rss2&p=1596 0 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1592 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1592#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 16:26:56 +0000 http://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1592 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 […]]]> https://nerding.at/course/101/?feed=rss2&p=1592 0 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1587 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1587#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 16:20:18 +0000 http://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1587 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 […]]]> https://nerding.at/course/101/?feed=rss2&p=1587 0 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1569 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1569#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:54:58 +0000 http://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1569   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]]> https://nerding.at/course/101/?feed=rss2&p=1569 0 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1454 https://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1454#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:33:53 +0000 http://nerding.at/course/101/?p=1454 Just a short video on implementing a second input:I went back to using pushbuttons instead of motion sensors for easier testing for now. Now pressing the first button represents detecting a pedestrian, pressing the second detecting a cyclist. Only when both are pressed at the same time, the sounds are played. I am currently experimenting […]]]> https://nerding.at/course/101/?feed=rss2&p=1454 0