Friday, October 24, 2014

2014-2015 Session 

This is Halloween... Robotics!


This time, we discussed Animatronics and the "Uncanny Valley."


We began working with Arduino microcontrollers, and made our first circuits to create color-changing eyes for Jack O' Lanterns.

 



Click HERE for the Session 2 Handout (PDF)
(Note: A PDF reader, such as Adobe Reader, is needed to view this file.)

BONUS:
Click this link to go to the download page for the Arduino programming software.
Click this link to download the code used in this month's project.

I encourage you to check out the Sources page at the end of the Handout, especially the YouTube videos at the end:

Pierre Jaquet-Droz’s Robot Boy, circa 1768 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckNn3m6ta0o
Everything You Need To Know About Arduino - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6KwXYmMiak
Arduino PWM RGB LED Colour Fade Program - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL38x9fugPw



Next time: electronic music from pencils.

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