Pathways

Moire Kinetic Sculpture Breif

Ms. White gave us the project brief for our projects. It is a Moire Kinetic Sculpture.

The constraints

Here is a list of the constraints for the project.

The benchmarks

Each of the things in the honeycomb is one of the benchmarks that we need to complete to do this project. Each time we complete one we will document it here and also show it to Ms.White so that we can get a stamp indicating that its complete.

Creating our box gear

Our first benchmark we had to build a simple gear box that had the parent gear going in the same direction as the child gear. I struggled with keeping the gears down.

Laser Cutting my Name

I had to laser cut my name out of cardboard and I had to rotate the cardboard to make sure I had enough space.

Our second benchmark was to build a gear that had the parent gear going twice as fast as the child gear. I had troubles stabbing the toothpick and keeping the gears down.

RGB Led

I had to put code in my arduino to make my light turn red, green, then blue.

Servo Mount

I had to create a servo holder to make sure it stays in place while the main project is running.

Gear Box

My gear box has two independently rotating disks.

CAD design 1

I made my moire design in inkscape.

CAD design 2

I made my moire design in inkscape.

All parts cut out

I have used the laser cutter to cut out all of my parts.

Moire design 1

I used the laser cutter to print out my moire design. I know that I need to still find a way to connect them.

Moire design 2

I used the laser cutter to print out my moire design. I know that I need to still find a way to connect them.

Solidworks

The purpose of the Solid works was an example you could copy from. It showed you how to build it. We made exactly what they had on the computer in real life.

Questions

The purpose of a functional prototype is so when we get to the final product we know what to change and how to make it. The cardboard gears dont allow the project to turn easily.

int redPin = 11;

int greenPin = 10;

int bluePin = 9;

#include <Servo.h>

Servo myservo;

Servo myservo2;

//uncomment this line if using a Common Anode LED

#define COMMON_ANODE

void setup()

{

pinMode(redPin, OUTPUT);

pinMode(greenPin, OUTPUT);

pinMode(bluePin, OUTPUT);

myservo.attach(7);

myservo.write(90); // set servo to mid-point

myservo2.attach(8);

myservo2.write(90); // set servo to mid-point

}

void loop()

{

setColor(100, 0, 0); // red

delay(1000);

setColor(0, 100, 0); // green

delay(1000);

setColor(0, 0, 200); // blue

delay(1000);

setColor(255, 255, 0); // yellow

delay(1000);

setColor(80, 0, 80); // purple

delay(1000);

setColor(0, 255, 255); // aqua

delay(1000);

myservo.write(180); // set servo to mid-point

delay(1000);

myservo.write(0); // set servo to mid-point

delay(1000);

myservo2.write(180); // set servo to mid-point

delay(1000);

myservo2.write(0); // set servo to mid-point

delay(1000);

}

void setColor(int red, int green, int blue)

{

#ifdef COMMON_ANODE

red = 255 - red;

green = 255 - green;

blue = 255 - blue;

#endif

analogWrite(redPin, red);

analogWrite(greenPin, green);

analogWrite(bluePin, blue);

}

The code above makes the project work. It lets the servos turn. It makes the lights change colors. It makes the Moires rotate independently. Without it it would just be some cardboard.

Two servos installed

I screwed in my servos.

Cut out moire 2 using the glowforge

I sent my moires to the printer to cut them out.

Installed Arduino

I used screws to install my Arduino.

Moires are independently controlled by servos

My moires are independently controlled by servos.

Servos do three distinct motion patterns.

My servos have three distinct motion patterns. They start off going in oppisite directions then one goes clockwise while teh other goes couter clockwise. they switch off and then the both go clockwise and then both go counter clockwise.

Different light patterns

My lights do different distint patterns. It goes red green orange then it goes marron then green and then it goes red then green.

Above is the presentation and the three layers of acrylic.

Caleb Turner - Innovation Journal

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