Final Progress 2

Liz and I have been hard at work to complete our two final projects for Physical Computing. Our collaborative project has taken us a lot of time to bring together because the conductive paint we are using is quite fussy. We finally got all of our errors worked out, however, and we are finally seeing everything come together.

The code has been mostly finalized. For now, there are two IR distance sensors that sense which direction a user walks by the painting. If the user triggers the right sensor, it waits to light the LEDs until the left sensor is triggers. Then, the painting is lit in sequence from right to left (the opposite happens if left triggered first, then right). See code.

Painted Arduino circuit with LEDs



painting lilypad trace


circuit in action

Below is a video of our painting and code finally working. We still have to complete one more painting, finalize the code, and mount our art. We are very excited it is all coming together!

LED Painting Test from Tami on Vimeo.