Final Project

Final Project Ideation:

(More preliminary ideas and doodles shared in Assignment 2)

Sound responsive acoustic panel:

SparkFun sound detector guide

Sound Visualizer Reference

Inspiration

• Nanoleaf Aurora Project
• Nigel Stanford
• Jiffer Harriman
• Federico Tobon
• Xiaofei Liu
• Wintergatan
• Mechanical Musicbox
• FabLab Madrid 2017
• XOXX Composer magnets!!
• Kobakant e-Textile Wearable Tech Documentation omg I love this website for future reference

First Spiral Plan

Follow the SparkFun tutorial for a basic sound visualizer using a red board and Arduino:

2D and 3D Modeling

• I wanted to build off the Voronoi experiments I did in Rhino, but the file is… massive (400MB) so I need to see what’s going on there.
• Assignment 8 is an initial design idea for a table but this could be modified to be the wall piece for the sound board display.

Planning and Process Considerations

• Work on Voronoi designs in Rhino/Grasshopper for general aesthetic (use CNC machining week to test out workflow)
• Order SparkFun cart (below) and make a simple sound visualizer
• After getting the pieces and parts to work; design PCB with more custom features for the project
• Is the final piece a table or a wall hanging?
• Based on the CNC machining table design- the openings could be resin filled or acrylic panels laser cut- with programmable LED strips below
• Could have wall piece based on sketch above that has some openings as shelves? Back lit?

Materials

Qty	Description	Price	Link
2	Breakaway Headers	4.50 each $	https://www.sparkfun.com/cart
6	Resistors	0.60 each $	https://www.sparkfun.com/cart
20	Jumper Wires	9.00 pack of 10 $	https://www.sparkfun.com/cart
4	Pushbutton Switch	2.00 each $	https://www.sparkfun.com/cart
4	Trimpot	1.20 each $	https://www.sparkfun.com/cart
2	SparkFun Sound Detector	24.00 each $	https://www.sparkfun.com/cart
2	RedBoard with Arduino	22.00 $	https://www.sparkfun.com/cart

• SparkFun order was wickedly delayed- but should be arriving mid-April.

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Last update: March 23, 2022