Kea - Spring 25 Electronic Objects

This week I got all of my supplies ordered and started work on fabricating the shell of the project. The amazon arduino that can play sound arrived and I am still waiting for the load cell and load cell amplifier.  I looked at the videos, but I haven't been putting in the time to learn every part of touch designer. I am not going to use it and I don't want to spend the many hours it would take to learn it if it won't serve my practice. I think it's helpful to get a general idea for how it works, but I'm not going to gain any sort of proficiency. My interest in electronic components remains with the basics of audio playing. I am not interested in distorting my audio or anything like that.   I spent time in the studio working on fabricating the physical core of my artwork. Instead of buying a bassenett and spending more money, I'm making my own out of a pillow and a laundry basket. In the final rendering it will be covered so that it isn't obviously a laundry ...

 Feb 4 2025  I got a small win! I figured a very very simple way to set parameters so that I could get instructions for what to wear in the weather, rather than just the temperature as numbers.  I worked on finding some links for my project. I think that the main components I will need is a mp3 shield (I even found one that takes a microSD), a load cell, a load cell amplifier, and a speaker. I think that those should be the major electronic components. I'm starting to feel more excited, because I think this is something that I actually could do. Even so, I see the limits of my knowledge as I am trying to decode all the jargon in the online listenings, figure out exactly what does what, and what other components I need to have with them. I've been emailing you, but here are the links I was looking at again.   Some links that I found: load cell:  https://www.adafruit.com/product/4543?gQT=1     load cell amplifier:  https://www.sparkfun.com/sparkfun-...

  I'm late this week, because I completely forgot about this. My biggest success would be finally getting a little bit of a grip on the Labs. I was feeling very confused and discouraged, but at least now I have a little bit of confidence.  Some Questions that I had from the lab were: Don’t understand the difference between print and println Why doesn't it work with built in led? I don’t know why we'd divide by 4? We discussed all of these in class. I learned that the difference between print and println is that it creates a new line, and that placing lines certain places allows the data to be displayed in the visual graph.  It didn't work with the built in LED because the oscillating, the quickly turning on and off, can't be done in the built in LED and we need that to create a varied degrees of brightness because we need to fake it being analogue. That was not a very eloquent way to put it.  We talked about my project in class. I need to get a load cell and somethi...

  This week was a bit of a disaster. We were off 3 days for Snow and by the end of the week I wasn't feeling well. I did my best with the 3rd lab, but was unable to make it work. I think I would benefit from a video or being show step by step in person. I keep looking to my instincts to help me and they don't know anything.  The zoom about ossia score was helpful. Being over zoom, not feeling great, and having some trouble understanding made it a little fuzzy, but I think I at least have an idea how ossia could help me. Using the dots as cues for interactive data is super helpful. I enjoy that he showed us how to drop files into the score and then apply those data cues internally. The program seems like it will be super helpful to me once I get a better sense of it.  Do I need to connect it physically with my computer to send the code? I tried to use the USB but it was the wrong size, I tried to use bluetooth but it continued to send me error messages. I tried to plug in ...

This week I got a refresher on some basic circuit board and electricity information. It was reminding me a lot of my robotic and circuit classes from the 8th and 9th grades. I also further refined my ideas for the first project.  Lab: Ac- Comes from the wall  DC- battery, can be adapted via a "wall wart" Important formulas:  voltage (v)/ current (I) x Resistance (r)  (cover the element that you wish to know and proceed accordingly) Power Triangle- Watts (P)/ Current(I) x Volts (E)  Amps is the amount getting through, resistance is the "clinched hose" space and volt is the power pushing the amps through.  I learned how to use the breadboard and completed the flashlight lab. At first my battery wasn't good so it wasn't turning on. When I switched to a different battery it worked. I appreciate the ease of using a breadboard for figuring things out and making circuits quickly without soldering.  Circuit for Lab: Resistor: changes how much voltage (power is...

 Jan 10 2025  So far this week has been introductory. I acquired a notebook for this class and have installed the necessary software. I am interested in learning about how to use electronics for interaction, specifically in terms of sound, for my work.  We looked at EAT, the experimental arts and technology works from the 60s and 70s. We talked about the money from Bell Labs and Zirox. I am more interested in the "magical" aspect of using technology alongside art.  Interactive = Conversation  Reactive= Responds to Input  We talked about inputs and outputs, buttons, inputs and tried out the small electronics.  Messing with the lights.  Playing with the accelerometer.