In week 4 of the course we had a look at textile sensors. For challenge 3, to develop your own prototype for a sensor - I recreated a zipper switch sensor using fabric, a zipper, 4 LEDs and conductive thread. The first thing I did was decide where the 4 circuits would be on the zipper. I […]
For our very first project, we hacked bike lights! I wanted to create a 3d paper pyramid that was controlled by a paper switch on the bottom side of the base. Then I added the paper pyramid + the switch!
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.
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 […]
CUSTOM MADE TEXTILE PRESSURE AND BEND SENSOR Custom made pressure and bend textile sensors I connected to the same drawing application. Both sensors are having bigger range then commercial bend sensors (from 20 minimum value to 900 maximum value). Drawing with textile sensors Textile bend sensor Textile pressure sensor changes the value when it’s […]
BEND SENSORS Connecting 3 bend sensors with 3 resistors (voltage divider) to 3 analog pins A0, A1 and A2 on the Arduino board. Bend sensor change the value when it’s bended. I was reading the values of the bend sensors (with AnalogRedSerial) through Serial monitor and noticed a small range: from 140 as […]
FINAL PROJECT UPDATE 1 I was working with movement sensors and connected it with Processing to make interesting pattern drawing applications. I decided to work with bend sensors, custom made textile sensors, potentiometers, accelerometer and gyro. At the beginning I connected each sensor with Arduino to read the value and then to Processing and coded […]
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 […]
In week 7 of the course we had a mini workshop in visual programming. I was curious about Processing and the possibilities in combining physical interfaces with on-screen visuals. When I was young I loved the game Battle painters. It allows you and your friends to play against each other on the same keyboard of […]
In week 4 of the course I came up with the concept of “Thumb Wars. The idea is that while playing Thumb Wrestling, each player puts on one glove first. This smart glove has conductives sowed into it, so that certain postitions of the two hands close a circuit, the same way a button works. […]