Posts Tagged ‘ timer ’

expressing time with LEDs

first project for second semester major studio: computation class. this is the first iteration, and uses blink intervals, sequencing, and color to express the passage of time. 12 LEDs and an Arduino. the idea is the blue LED represents seconds (i realize here, it is much faster, around 500ms intervals), and every 5 seconds, a new marker lights up, until are are lit. then a complete blink sequence begins, with the interval getting smaller and smaller. then repeat. [ READ MORE ]

soldering workshop

This weekend, Joel Murphy, my physical computing teacher, held a soldering workshop at the 10 floor DT lab at school. We built 555 timer circuits, able to control up to 220volt anythings (lights, motors, etc.) READ MORE / LOTS OF PICTURES...[ READ MORE ]