{"id":686,"date":"2016-03-27T23:58:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T04:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/?p=686"},"modified":"2016-03-28T00:01:37","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T05:01:37","slug":"686","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/2016\/03\/27\/686\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Problems or Issues: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since my last progress report I\u2019ve lost significant time to illness*, which have made it not possible for me to pick up the carpet, so that\u2019s #1 priority this week. I also <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">started to work on soldering together the components of my persistence of vision (POV) kit, but after several frustrating hours of slow progress someone pointed out that the problem was my soldering iron needed a new tip (which has been ordered).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160327_235032.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-688\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-688\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160327_235032-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160327_235032\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160327_235032-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160327_235032-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160327_235032-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Accomplishments:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was able to do some research into how to control the tassels, LEDs, and EL wire on my rug. So far, it looks like I&#8217;ve got two options: I could use a microcontroller like an Arduino or a Lilypad to control the servos, relay, and LEDs, or I could use a 555 timer IC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 555 has been around since 1971, and is used in everything from cheap plastic tourist tkotchkes to implantable medical devices. It&#8217;s an incredibly cheap IC, and I could use several 555s in place of one expensive Arduino and have enough money left over to spend on the coffee I&#8217;ll need to finish this semester. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I could run one 555 in &#8216;monostable&#8217; mode to control the servos on my tassels, and one 555 in oscillator mode to flash LEDs and control a relay on my EL wire. I could also attach them to switches in order to control different features on the carpet, such as turning lights or servos on and off. I\u2019m excited to learn more about electronic componenets such as this, as I already feel comfortable with microcontrollers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Week plan: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Week plan: Tuesday finish the POV kit. Acquire carpet by Thursday so I can sew in the spring steel boning &amp; EL wire. <\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*(A bad cold and norovirus ran rampant through my house &#8211; when I wasn&#8217;t sick I was taking care of someone who was. RIP spring break.)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Problems or Issues: Since my last progress report I\u2019ve lost significant time to illness*, which have made it not possible for me to pick up the carpet, so that\u2019s #1 priority this week. 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