Our group was assigned rotational input and light output for our electronics assignment. In addition to this we also ended up with 11 people in our group somehow. We got off to a great start with the milling, and chip making, but eventually we had a few problems with the milling, resulting with a nice little groove cut into the bed of the machine (we already told Vicotor about this and it wasn’t our fault).
watch a movie of the final panel in action here at youtube
Krzys hard at work with the chip making.
We decided for the panel that it would be much nicer if the actual object that you controlled was the object that changed, so we devised a series of 8×8x8cm cubes that would contain the electronic components.
These 9 cubes were mounted on a large base board, allowing the sensor to be fixed and the cubes to rotate. Many long discussion were fought about the layout of the cubes, but ultimately we decided that a fairly regular pattern would suit the project better.
Upon completion we managed to have 7 cubes working perfectly, 1 that is constantly on and one that has now chip at all. In addition to the 5 chips that we managed to destroy during the production process somehow. Victor had a look at these and apparently they look perfect, but just won’t work.
The panel its self allows you to vary the rate at which the light blinks by the amount that you rotate the cubes.
