Eighth Week of Electronic Objects

The Eighth week of Electronics Media has ended. This week has been devoted to studio work, where I used that time to catch up and getting close to the completion of my project. Here is a recap of what has been going on for this week:

For 2/25/25, the professor was unable to make it to class due to with complications involving his trip, so the day was used as a remote studio day for our projects. During that time, I was able to fully complete my TouchDesigner code, adding in soundfiles, ensuring the math CHOP could be connected to the switch CHOP and making sure it can be heard through my headphones. Here is what the code looks like now:

Thursday, 2/27/25, was another studio day but this time we were able to meet in class discussing project progress. From there, I was able to learn how to solder metals. Here are some of the notes I wrote during that soldering session:

What is Soldering?

  • A process for joining metal parts to form a mechanical or electrical bond
    • Equivalent to gluing but with heated metals
      • Tips:
        • For circuits with sensitive components, set temperature to 325 
        • Before you solder, wipe it clean until the tip of the needle bcomes a sparkling silver
        • Use a charcoal filter to filter out the lead fumes
        • Make sure the metal parts are twisted to ensure stability
        • To undo solder, use a solder suction or a desoldering braid
        • Use lead solder as:
          • Lead solder is needed to make the solder flow nicely
          • Lead free solder is designed for machines and won't flow as nicely
          • Acid core solder is meant for plumbers, don't use
What are the two types of wires?
  • Solid: a type of wire with a piece of solid metal inside that cannot be bent easily
  • Stranded: a type of wire with metal fibres woven like rope inside that cannot be bent easily
    • To strip both wires, use the 25 gauge

I've also worked on the circuit board to ensure it is compatible with the TouchDesigner code. Here is a snippet of a demonstration:



This marks the end of the Eighth week. With it the project deadline comes ever so closer, with it being set after Spring Break. Looking forward to what's in store for next week. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fourth Week in Interactive Art

Image
We have now finished our 4th Week of Interactive Art. Here is a list of what happened. On 1/27/25, I was able to spend some time and completed Lab 5. Here is some of the notes and footage I recorded while I was performing Lab 5: Notes: What is an Ultrasonic Proximity Sensor (SR04 in kit)? Provides a way of detecting objects at a distance between 2-400 cm Arduino sends a pulse to the sensor's trigger, causing the sensor to send out a burst of ultrasonic sound When the sensor receives the echo, it raises its echo output to a HIGH level Distance it senses is encoded in the length of time that the Echo pin is HIGH What is the DHT11 Temperature and Humidity Sensor? Can provide temperature and humidity information to the Arduino with just one wire What are the LCD Hardware Pins? VSS: Ground (GND) VDD: 5V power for display V0: Contrast adjustment, connected to potentiometer wipers RS: Register select RW: Read/Write pin to select how the Arduino should communicate E: Enable pin (LCD works ...
Read more

Second Week in Interactive Art

Image
The second week has officially closed. Here is a collection of all that happened this week in class: On 1/14/25, we went through all 25 sketches for every student. And out of all my sketches, I was able to filter down to these two sketch ideas: For number 24, the idea was loosely based off of brain surgery. It involves the viewer grabbing a needle and poking different parts of the mannequin's brain. And depending on where they poke in the brain, the eyes on the mannequin will show a projection of a video of some sort. For number 25, the piece involves placing a "paper-looking" dunce hat on a pedestal and everytime the audience wears it, it will play audio files of a voice saying terrible stuff about them. Once the discussion concerning our sketches ended, Robert assigned our first lab to do. It involved utilizing a bread board, leds, resistors, and connectors to make the led light up. I was able to finish the lab on the same day, here is a video of that experience: There ...
Read more

First Week in Electronic Media

Image
My first week of Interactive Art II: Electronic Objects has ended. Here is a recap of all the things that happened during the week. On the first day, we covered the syllabus which had most of the things that would normally be outlined for every class including University Honor Policy, Attendance, etc. One of the only things that were new for this class would be how its course grading was divided which involved the following: 49 total possible points 1.4 for every Weekly Blog Posts (16 total) 4.7 for every Major Project Critiques (2 total) 9.7 for participation 2.7 for Presentation/Demonstration 4.8 for Contributions to Reading Discussions The other stand out thing also included some of the programs that we were going to be involved with: Arduino - coding program that we will be using to code devices for some of our artworks. Ossia Score - interactive sequencer for audio-visual artists  Discord - the application that will be used for online discussions Blogger - a website used to cr...
Read more