Monthly Archives: December 2013

If someone would have asked me early on in the semester if working on a jacket that lights up would be so deceivingly complex and intricate I would have laughed. The truth of the matter, however, is that there is so … Continue reading →

We had barely begun the project when on the 2nd day of work we ended up slicing through a 1/4 of our hull and making a veritable chasm in the supposed-to-be watertight compartment. Right away, there was a lot of … Continue reading →

It has finally arrived [I was having major issues with Dropbox]. I encoded text as CCs but for some reason they are not showing up under this render format. Here it is anyway, in all its glory! http://youtu.be/HjJ6y7DWp6Q

This post will outline a situation that went wrong and how we went about fixing it. with this project I have a lot to choose from when discussing things that went wrong. As I mentioned previously this contraption was not … Continue reading →

Probably unsurprisingly, we ran into our fair share of problems making the jacket, from physically fitting everything in, to wiring, to programming. I already talked about the programming woes. And while yes, I learned more programming skills, I wouldn’t really … Continue reading →

Since we started, this project has been plagued by stuff not fitting nicely with each other. Non of the glues worked with the plastic and the motor did not have the right mount for the sub. The screws provided by … Continue reading →

Our project works.  It was never tested in the water but the servos and the engine and the code all do exactly the way they should. I think we could have this bad boy sea worthy with one or two … Continue reading →

/* Analog input, analog output, serial output Reads an analog input pin, maps the result to a range from 0 to 255 and uses the result to set the pulsewidth modulation (PWM) of an output pin. Also prints the results … Continue reading →

Raver’s Blazer Demonstration Video: Obstacles: Power Supply – We had difficulty finding a portable battery that could power the LED strips as well as the Arduino board. The battery could not add too much weight to the jacket and also … Continue reading →