{"id":349,"date":"2016-04-07T09:24:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T09:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart_D16\/?p=349"},"modified":"2016-04-07T09:24:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T09:24:38","slug":"project-progress-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart_D16\/2016\/04\/07\/project-progress-week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Progress (week 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the past week, I bought the most important part that I will use in my project. This is the RGB LED light ring. I soldered wires to the ring and tested it. Below are two images of the setup. I connected the ring to a 5 volt power supply in the top right of the upper photograph. I also connected the ring to the Arduino in top left of the upper photograph.<\/p>\n

\"LED_Ring_Test_1\"<\/p>\n

\"LED_Ring_Test_2\"<\/p>\n

For my project, I would like to have a rotating piece in the middle of the ring with parts on it that interact with the light. After thinking about many possibilities, I have decided to use 24 acrylic rods. Each rod will be mounted to a piece in the middle of the ring that will hold it directly above an LED on the ring. The 24 rods will be able to rotate around the ring.<\/p>\n

These are the items that I need to buy before I can move forward with the project:<\/p>\n