16 - Final Project Planning
PLANNING OF THE FINAL PROJECT
I am sticking with my original idea of a felted piece of wall art that will be backlit with LEDs that will move when music is played.
I started by making some pieces of felt using Norwegian wool roving and some cotton gauze cloth. I was thinking of laser-cutting the felt, but am not so sure that I will do that. Here are some examples of the felt that I made:
The questions to answer for this week's assignment are:
What will it do?
- Input is sound, output is moving LEDs. It will look pretty
Who's done what beforehand?
- There are many projects where LEDs move in time to music.
What materials and components will be required?
- Picture frame, felt artwork, LEDs, arduino, microphone, power source
Where will they come from?
- Picture frame with matting: bought for speed, might fabricate
- Felt artwork: fabricated
- LEDs: puchase and solder to designed and fabricated board
- Arduino: fabricated
- Microphone board: fabricated
- Power source: battery or mains
How much will it cost?
- Picture frame with matting: $5
- Felt artwork: no additional cost
- LEDs: will purchase 50 white for ~$14
- Arduino: no additional cost
- Microphone board: no additional cost
- Power source: TBD
What parts and systems will be made?
- The picture matting will have a design engraved using the laser-cutter
- The felt will be hand-made
- The LED array board will be designed and fabricated
- The Arduino was fabricated during the class
- The microphone board was fabricated during the class
What processes will be used?
- 2D CAD
- Laser-cuting
- Board Designing & Milling
- Soldering
- Programming Input & Output devices
What tasks need to be completed?
- Design, mill and stuff the LED array board
- Program the Arduino to take input from the microphone and control LEDs based on the sound
- Determine power source
- Test, test, and test
- Mount electronics behind felt art
- Make sure the boards are not running hot!!!!
What questions need to be answered?
- How to design the LED array?
- How to program the boards?
What is the schedule?
- By 15 May 2013: make felt, get frame
- By 22 May 2013: have board designed, milled and stuffed. Program framework.
- By 29 May 2013: Working project!
How will it be evaluated?
- By how awesome it is?
