Everything Working — Dian Chen

This week, I finished assembling everything together, and installed the light source at the bottom. The whole project is about eighteen layers of cardstock and uses LED strip as the light source. For now, it is quite fragile, which is a little out of the shape, because the frame is also made by cardstock. I…

Everything Working-Ish – IRLP

This maquette is being written on behalf of Caleb Wagner, Ben Liang, and Jarod Romankiw. The interactive robotic light painting (IRLP) has been working on the final development of our artistic creation. This post focuses on the three main areas of our project, and how they’ve developed over the past week. Robot The robot is…

All Stages Considered and Working – Jack Ruddat

I have thus far finished machining the base of the monstrance, needing only to make the center and head pieces. This was the most difficult and time consuming stage of my project as it required many hours of tool/machine setup, programming, and special attention to detail in the machine shop. I have decided as to…

A Look at Failure and Reassessment – Jack Ruddat

Last week I tried my hand at machining the base of my monstrance out of 2″ thick aluminum round stock. Because the stock is over 6″ long, both a chuck and a tailstock with a dead center are needed to support both ends so that the pressure of the cutting tool does not cause the…

Monstrance Maquette – Jack Ruddat

Supplies: 6061 Aluminum round stock (2″ x 36″): https://www.onlinemetals.com/en/buy/aluminum/2-aluminum-round-bar-6061-t6511-extruded/pid/1098 White, through hole, 40° beam angle, 1000 mcd LED: https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/ROHM-Semiconductor/SLR343WBC7T3?qs=0uhOF6wYX67Wlx%2FN1QQAtA%3D%3D Red, through hole, 40° beam angle, 680 mcd LED: https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/ROHM-Semiconductor/SLI-560UT3F?qs=4kLU8WoGk0vazsI%2FfipACA%3D%3D 1.6W, 0-10VDC, 60mA, Digital Addressable Lighting Interface converter (DALI) power supply: https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/RECOM-Power/RELI-DA01-R?qs=eR3IRSQlCypnHYRTJBB%2F%252BQ%3D%3D Miscellaneous: Glue, tape, zip ties, (incense?)

Everything Works! – JLopez

So I was able to clean up my sticky note animation by going into my editing software and lining up every frame as close as I could get it to the previous frame. I was also able to adjust the brightness of the darker frames in post editing as well in order to eliminate the…

Everything Working – Joncarlo Avila

This week I was able to get out and finally start taking some photos. I was doubting if I would be able to achieve my desired results. I went out right before sunset to get the camera set up and focused. As it began to become darker, I started taking photos. I set the camera…

Failure, Fantastic Failures – Nam Tran

With the software mostly done, this week I decided to tackle the hardware part of the project, mainly converting lightning events into blinking lights on the LED strip. For this I will need my old Arduino board and WS2812 LED strip. First hiccup I ran into was the Arduino board refused to connect. Keep in…

Failure and Iteration – Tom Vagnini

This week I made progress towards the most difficult part of the project, which is the initial structure of the globe. I have a plan to make the structure so it will be easy to build, and will be strong enough. The “equator” of the globe, will be made of cut glass pieces assembled into…

Failure Report – Nicholas Weddington

This week I did more testing as some of my parts arrived to see what things would work and what would not. Unfortunately, as expected, some things did not work out as planned. I was torn between purchasing a long skinny tube charger or a flat charger. I tested out various placements on the waistband…

Failure, Recalibration & Iteration – IRLP

This post is being written on behalf of Caleb Wagner, Ben Liang, and Jarod Romankiw. The interactive robotic light painting (IRLP) has been focusing on adding more functionalities to the robot and testing out some basic light painting with the setup. This post focuses on the three main areas of our project, and how they’ve…

Failure – Sofia de Oliveira

            This week, I had a few failures. My original plan for how I would attach the top pegboards has changed. I was going to place the pegboard on top and drill them down, however, the pegboard is much smaller than the framework, so I have attached them with string so it hangs in the…

Failure, Recalibration & Iteration — Dian Chen

I don’t really have failure this week, since there is little technological element in the project. After deciding to change the subject of the project, I created this flat version of what I want the night light look like. One failed experiment is that firstly, I would like the “moon” to be the only light…