4 13 18 meeting notes

pulleys

• Buy more wood
• GET MORE SERVOS
• Make any adjustments to pulley patterns (in progress - Sarah)
• Cut and assemble 25 pulleys
• Laser cut and assemble 30x30" frame
• Get servo controller shield to work
• Attach all servos to shield and Arduino
• Figure out what kind of motion we want for the net and implement with the servo controller
• Order washers (or buy from Home Depot)
• Use washers to hold pulleys in place

LED net

• Get white and blue LEDs
• Cut strings
• Wrap and solder LEDs to conductive thread
• Design layout of LEDs
• Wrap conductive thread around node lines and attach to actual wire
• Attach all LEDs to Arduino Mega
• Figure out and implement the pattern/interaction we want from LEDs: Twinkling?
• Add weight to nodes?

barnacles

• How many barnacles are we making?
• Get other sizes of 3D print positives from Mark
• Prototype string and servo mechanism with cups and cardboard box
• Get fiber optics?
• Make silicon mold
• Make polyethylene barnacle shells
• Make "shelf" for barnacles
• Design placement of barnacles in the space
• Set up proximity sensor with same Arduino as the barnacle controller

integration

• Determine how we are connecting the 3 different Arduinos and passing our inputs/outputs
  • Wi-Fi?
  • bluetooth?
  • serial input/output
• Full system test: sensor --> barnacles <--> net

installation

• Where are we putting the Arduinos?
• Power sources
• Determine where to put sensor

Action Items for 4/13:

• Sarah: Finish pulley adjustments and cutting(?)
• Tracey: Cut strings
• Tracey: Attach conductive thread + LEDs
• Max: LED twinkling
• Max: Diagram for barnacle prototype
• Buy more servos - ask Mark
• Buy more silicone
• Buy more resin - ask Mark for kind that dries more quickly