{"id":2308,"date":"2024-09-30T23:32:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T03:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2024-09-30T23:35:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T03:35:25","slug":"everything-working-thea-caplan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/tcaplan\/everything-working-thea-caplan\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Everything Working&#8221; &#8211; Thea Caplan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So not &#8220;everything&#8221; is working&#8230; there are still a lot of small bugs, but they are very straight forward to deal with. I finished the mechanics of the first flower, and combined with the electronics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.57_34f16dc7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.57_34f16dc7-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.57_34f16dc7-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.58_5266892c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.58_5266892c-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.58_5266892c-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.58_5266892c-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.58_5266892c-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.58_5266892c-630x840.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.58_5266892c-960x1280.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.58_5266892c-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.58_5266892c.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a view of the (messy) electronics:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.57_e7a16ebf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.57_e7a16ebf-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.57_e7a16ebf-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.57_e7a16ebf-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.57_e7a16ebf-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.57_e7a16ebf-630x840.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.57_e7a16ebf-960x1280.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.57_e7a16ebf-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-30-at-23.29.57_e7a16ebf.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A couple problems that popped up included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mounting to the servo &#8211; the servo motion caused the flower piston to bend, so another pivot needs to be added. Simple fix<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The PIR sensors I am using are not very sensitive &#8211; more testing may be needed. An alternative is using ultrasonic sensors instead, which is just as doable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The LEDs do not string together well, there are issues with the second and third LEDs in series turning on. Some testing with LEDs separate from the built flower will help<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The circuitry is not mounted down \ud83d\ude43 (not a big issue, will need to mount eventually for sanity&#8217;s sake and to avoid short circuits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Petal covers need to be added<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Batteries are on the way<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The box for storage is a Christmas gift box and needs to be painted over<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5 more flowers need to be built \ud83d\udc80<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My goals for this week:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday: Fix the servo, test LEDs, add covers, test in darkness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday: Add battery to flower 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Saturday: have all 5 flowers mechanics be built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ideally I&#8217;ll have everything working by Sunday for tuning and touch-ups! \ud83e\udd1e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So not &#8220;everything&#8221; is working&#8230; there are still a lot of small bugs, but they are very straight forward to deal with. I finished the mechanics of the first flower, and combined with the electronics. Here&#8217;s a view of the (messy) electronics: A couple problems that popped up included: My goals for this week: On&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/tcaplan\/everything-working-thea-caplan\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":421,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-2308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-everything-working"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/421"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2308"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2314,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions\/2314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}