December 2008

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12.19.08

Rotobooth at the Winter Show Physical Computing, Uncategorized | (0)
Promo Card Here's the link. Thanks for all of the positive feedback everyone. I'll write an update for the project in the next couple days, but finally there will be some sleep! Here's the photostream.
12.08.08

Photobooth Update pt.3 Physical Computing | (0)
Matt Parker helped me debug my code today. I orginally had a switch talking to arduino, and the arduino would take the picture. Since I had the switch being checked in the loop() function (the main function of arduino, in which it infinitely loops), it was looping a high value to the relay. This means that I was triggering the switch for maybe one quarter of a second, whereas using just the code would trigger for 1/1000th of a second (not actual time, just to explain). We both thought that something was wrong in the code and it would never fire ...
12.04.08

Photobooth Update pt.2 Physical Computing | (0)
I think the mic is broken on the Canon G7 I've been using. It's super low volume. Anywho, after frying 500mA relays on the external flash, I got the remote flash trigger working through a 5 volt 1 amp relay. I was working on soldering relays to old point and shoots. I ruined the first camera, a 5-megapixel HP when I accidentally shorted the flash capacitor another circuit (while trying to discharge the capacitor so I wouldn't get shocked anymore). The second camera, Tedb0t was nice enough to donate, wasn't proving to be much more fruitful. I soldered wires to the ...
12.04.08

Photobooth Updates pt.1 Physical Computing | (0)
[caption id="attachment_228" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="it's for you"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_226" align="alignnone" width="215" caption="Leads from the rotary dial"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_238" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="have you two met?"][/caption] The mic was set to low, but it's self-explanatory - the rotary is pulsing the LED x number of times (x = number dialed). Rotary Control from mike k on Vimeo.
12.01.08

Hawcees Communications Lab | (0)
Marianne showed our class how to navigate through After Effects last week. Here's my first animation using the program. Thanks to Steve Litt for the the inspirational Brainticket albums. I used their "Era of Technology" for this piece. Hawcees from mike k on Vimeo.