Week of November 4 Project Update

Post # 3

Second Team Meeting
11/7/2013
Thursday 2pm, Perry 311
All team members present

Summary:

Building off what was discussed is the first meeting the overall project idea was finalized.
A 3 X 3 LED cube will be mounted on top of a motion mechanism. This mechanism will
consist of two servo motors connected in a vertical configuration, with mounting platforms
in between them. This motion mechanism will be mounted to a base. The input to the LED
cube will be data that is mapped from a microphone. The microphone could also be used to control the servo motors. There will be an option to control the servo motors with two
potentiometers. This option will be activated by a pushbutton.

The following was researchd for the project.

Script to use microphone input
Wiring schematic for microphone input

Going Forward:

Break down of project components:

- Base
    * Material: acrylic or Lego parts
- Motion Mechanism
    * 2 servo motors
    * Platforms/brackets that attach to each servo
    * Write code for servo motor control using either microphone or potentiometer
    * Create the solid models for this mechanism
    * Material: ABS plastic. This part will be 3-D printed
- LED Cube
    * Assembly/ wiring of 3 X 3 LED structure
    * Mounting to motion mechanism
    * Write code for visualizer display
- Sensors/Controls
    * 2 potentiometers
    * 1 microphone (analog input)
    * 1 pushbutton
    * Write code for pushbutton option and organize layout.


All team members contributed equally.
Total hours for this week per individual: 3.5 hours