I spent the better part of today [Saturday] at Maker Faire at the New York Hall of Science in Queens. The hundreds of displays provided great examples of what is being done in technology today, as well as inspiration for future projects. Stay tuned for pictures, videos, and thoughts from the event. And if you […]
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For this week, I read chapters 1 through 6 of Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, by Charles Petzold. The first three chapters tell the history and implications of Morse Code and Braille and how a simple circuit can be used to communicate remotely using the code. I am not sure if […]
This week’s assignment: Make a thing that outputs light and sound. Use the PWM output with the analogWrite() command, and make tones with the tone() command. Use multiple LEDs and mix the colors of the light. Find some material that the light will diffuse through to help blend the colors.” I began by setting up […]
Our assignment this week for PComp is to recreate the hand-held game Simon. To start, I decided to use two breadboards in order to make room for four buttons and four LEDs. I attached the two together by connecting a wire from board one’s red line to board two’s, and the same with the blue […]
I played around with my Arduino board. Below is a video of the LED blinking “Hello World” in Morse Code. I started by translating “Hello World” into Morse Code using this handy translator. ” …. . .-.. .-.. — / .– — .-. .-.. -..” Next, I wrote out digitalWrite commands for each dot and […]