Week #7 - Journal
Source of inspiration
Source of inspiration
Source of inspiration
Tell us about your assignment's idea for this week. Why do you care about this idea? What were you inspired by?
This idea mainly is an application for my final project's idea.
As the origami pieces open the star will be lighted-up with a white color (White LED) and when someone gets closer the smaller triangles will be lighted up with different colors according to the distance between the person and the object (RGB led).
Wiring Diagram of the circuit
My assignment idea for this week is to connect a servo motor with an ultrasonic sensor and RGB led.
At the same time, connected is the white led and the PIR Sensor.
Steps:
1- Connect the RGB led to resistors then to Arduino (ground to the ground)
2- Connect the ultrasonic sensor to the breadboard and Arduino
3- Connect the led to Arduino
4- Connect the motor to the breadboard and Arduino
5- Connect the PIR sensor to the breadboard and Arduino
6- Finally connect the breadboard to Arduino (5V and GND)
Input 1: Ultrasonic sensor.
Input 2: PIR Sensor
Action component 1: Servo Motor
Action component 2: RGB Led
Action component 3: led
The change in the code was making the RGB led light with different colors instead of red and green only.
And also the PIR and the other led were added to the code to work simultaneously.
To fit my project...
Fabrication/Implementation Process
Explain the fabrication/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?
Community of Learning
Did you ask for feedback? What are the ideas that others have contributed or suggested? What was someone else’s idea that you built upon? How did you help your peers? How did your peers help you?
Someone else's idea was to use libraries to facilitate the process and help us out
The instructor showed us how to correct the errors in the text code and how to understand the problem and be able to solve it.
Overcoming Challenges
When you got stuck, what/who did you turn to? At what point did you have to pause to research or learn more before moving on? What are some mistakes, pitfalls, or challenges that others can avoid if they were doing this project?
I couldn't understand how to write a code and edit it at the beginning but then I made it finally and it worked and I am so proud
Final Project
How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?
I can use all the applications of this week combined together to form the functions of my project.
WOW!
What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?
How to make objects smart + Interactive =)