beansprouts – (pl. n.) tiny thoughts from the brain of a Tinabeans
The motor lab introduced us to working with a simple, low-powered motor that spins in circles (instead of just moving back and forth between given position, as the servo motor did). First, gathering all the materials: Next, I wired the Arduino to the breadboard, connecting power and ground. I added a potentiometer, connecting its power…
Click to view applet and source code: TwoShape Swatches Character Animation Match1 Match2 Match3 Match4 snowmen myfunction animatedworld
It’s my now very much belated entry detailing the Analog Output lab! Hooray! First, all the ingredients for a successful lab: Following the instructions from the first section of the lap, I wired up the servo motor like so: After loading the code into the Arduino IDE, turning the potentiometer would cause the servo motor…
Another exciting installment of Physical Computing Labs with Tina, this time not so Physical, and with more Computing. After getting my butt kicked by Objective C in the iPhone Lab on the 11th floor, doing Processing is like traveling to a far-off wonderful wonderland of wonderfulness. (Hmm I really need to stop writing these things…
The Analog input lab! In which we put the cat’s weight in, and receive cats sitting on mats or not sitting on mats back out. First, gathering all the ingredients: Next, hooking up the breadboard to 5-Volt power output on the Arduino… I also connected both of the power and ground rails on the opposite…
You all know by now that I’ve never quite been a fan of Facebook. It should come as no surprise, then, what I have to say about the movie. I thought the filmmaking was brilliant. Strong acting, elegant camerawork, perfect soundtrack, but that’s not quite it. It would be an understatement to say that the…
The Electronics lab was a challenge, and there were a couple unanswered questions at the end, but I think I finally understand what all those electrical units of measurement mean. For Lab 3, I attempted to fly solo. Turns out this was not the best of ideas, as I ended up relying on classmate advice…
… a way to talk to people you never knew you’d talk to. Earlier this year, I was working on a startup idea with a couple of friends. The goal was to create a lifelike virtual world for learning foreign languages. Since the whole point of the world was to get strangers to talk to…
After successfully constructing unobstructed pathways for happy little electrons in the previous lab, Katy, Erin, Jojo and I undertook to complete the Digital I/O lab. I actually started doing this lab a few hours earlier without realizing it. I was so excited to play around with the Arduino that I took it out of its…
On Friday afternoon, I teamed up with Katy, Jojo and Erin to tackle the Soldering and Digital Input/Output labs. First, the Soldering Lab. I gathered up all of the necessary “ingredients”: I stripped the 2 ends of the hook-up wire, using the wire stripper. Because I had problems loosening the nut on the wire stripper…