WHC 8: poking machine, part 3
posted Apr 11th 2007, 21:52 under arduino, processing, WHC
In this challenge, I decided to migrate the actuators and sensors into some sort of portable devices. I felt that that putting your palm on a desktop device is quite different than holding something in you hand. The results are two matching portable devices: one controller with the light sensors, and one poking device with the electro-mechanical actuators. They now both have 5 nodes and can be remote controlled by the computer running an improved version of the Processing sketch.
Note to me: serial communication is problematic. Incoming buffer data is not handled properly resulting in some sort of inconsistency over time. [fixed now !]
Building the new handheld receptacle for the actuators.
Matching units: actuators on the left, controller on the right.
Soldering new light sensors.
Embedding the sensor in the casing.
Controller unit, with supporting pull-down circuitry for each sensor.
Final working setup.
The matching devices explained.