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A Road to My Final Project

This is where I will start defining my final project idea and start to get use to the documentation process.

Week 1

Idea 1: Convenient Stage light with easy control (Easy to carry and ok for small space)

This is a “Lights for the performance”. I do plays as a hobby. Our acting group usually perform at the room in the community center, and it doesn’t have stage facilities. We don’t have enough budget for preparing expensive equipments such as lights and sounds. We want to have the light which is easy to control(as we are not professional), not so expensive to get and repair. It is also easy to carry.

Idea 2: Automatic petting tool

I have a beautiful and cute dog named “Momo”. She is adorable and I really enjoy spending with her. She “often” asks me to pet her. That’s so cute, but… She keeps asking me to do it a bit too much… That means at least one of my hands always occupied with her. So I “need” to have another hand.

What I choose:
I decided to choose first idea, because our performace group alway has a headache about the “light”.

Week 2

Organize the Final project idea

For deciding color..

I got wonderful design image from my instructor.
MIDI Melody Maker
I made rough modeling of Light controler.

Make controler image in 3D

Week 9

As I tested analog input using sliders this week, I could get the image for the changing color with analog input.
Hero Shot

Week 10

Week 10, we studied about output device. I’m thinking that selecting light color is decided by touching coordinate on the screen where the color chart is on. So I checked the basic movement and touch of the ILI9341 with Raspberry Pi Pico. Though I couldn’t check the jpg display on the screen and SD card, I think ILI9341 seems good as controling and deciding the color panel.

Week 12/Mid Term

When I started to work final project in earnest, I organize my idea about the final project. I began to make the concrete task and list them as I began to concrete my final project.

Concept

Schedule

Schedule Made schedule at April 29th.

System Diagram

  • Controller
    (1) Overall Diagram 

    graph TD
A(Start) --> B
B(Select Menu) --> C
B --> D
C(Setting) --> E
E(Select Color) --> G
G(Memory) --> C
D(Execute) --> F
D --> H
F(Send Color Data to Light)
H(Adjust Color) --> F

  • Light 

    graph TD
A(Wait Data from Contoller) --> B
B(Receive Data)

What Will I make?

2 spot lights and controller

Specification

  • Lights :

    • Spotlights

  • Controller :

    • Decide the color
    • adjust the color
    • memorize the colors
    • Color lightness/darkness adjustment
    • adjust the color lively

  • Transmission -> WIFI or cable?

  • network method -> DMX or I2C?

material / components

  • Lights:

    • Neo pixel or Power LED
    • How many lights to be needed?

  • Controller

    • Slider * 4
    • screen (for color, error display, recalling the memory)
    • microcontroller Raspberry Pi Pico 2w(controller), Xiao(light?)

Material

Name Size Required Number Vender
ILI9341 50 x 86 (mm) 1

Electrics
| Name | Required Number | Vender | | — | - | — |