Trouble with Sensor

As i build the sensor using a very cheap phototransistor, I had a bit of probem debugging the whole thing. The infra red emitter is working but the sensor dont seem to be responding..
I am still debugging it...

Putting all together.

After downloading the arduino software to commuicate with the arduino board, i programme the board as follow:


int value = 0; // variable to keep the actual value

int fan = 8;
int value1 = 0; // variable to keep value to pass in to red led
int value2 = 0; // variable to keep value to pass in to green led
int value3 = 0; // variable to keep value to pass in to blue led
int ledRed = 9; // red light connected to digital pin 9
int ledGreen = 10; // green light connected to digital pin 8
int ledBlue = 11; // blue light connected to digital pin 7
int IR = 12;
int sensor = 13;
int sense = 0;

int senseSignal = 7;

//int sensor = 0;
void setup()
{
pinMode(fan,OUTPUT);
pinMode(ledRed,OUTPUT);
pinMode(ledGreen,OUTPUT);
pinMode(ledBlue,OUTPUT);

pinMode(senseSignal,OUTPUT);
pinMode(12, OUTPUT);
pinMode(sensor,INPUT);


}
void loop()
{



digitalWrite(IR,HIGH);
//digitalWrite(sensor,HIGH);

sense = digitalRead(sensor);




if(sense == LOW){

for(value = 0 ; value <= 425; value+=5) // fade in (from min to max)
{
if (value <= 255){
if(value1 != 255){
value1+=5;}
}
//if(value > 255){
// value1-=5;
//}
if(value >= 85 && value <= 340 )
{
if(value2 != 255){
value2+=5;}
}
//if(value > 340){
// value2 -= 5;
//}
if(value >= 170){
if(value3 != 255){
value3+=5;}
}
analogWrite(ledRed, value1);
delay(30);
analogWrite(ledGreen, value2);
delay(30);
analogWrite(ledBlue, value3);
analogWrite(fan,value3);
delay(30);
}

for(value = 425; value >=0; value-=5) // fade out (from max to min)
{
if(value >= 170){
if(value1 != 0){
value1-=5;}
}
//if(value < 170){
// value1 += 1;
//}
if(value <= 340 && value >= 85)
{if(value2 !=0){
value2-=5; }
}
//if(value >340 value < 85){
// value2 +=5;
// }

if(value <= 255){
if(value3 !=0){
value3-=5;}
}

//if(value >255){
// value3 += 5;
//}

analogWrite(ledRed, value1);
delay(30);
analogWrite(ledGreen, value2);
delay(30);
analogWrite(ledBlue, value3);
analogWrite(fan,value3);
delay(30);

}
}
else
{
digitalWrite(ledRed, LOW);
digitalWrite(ledGreen, LOW);
digitalWrite(ledBlue, LOW);
digitalWrite(fan, LOW);
}
}
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The fan turns following the blue light.
The mood lamp changes colour by the mixing effect of the 3 light.
The sensor stops all motions upon detecting someone nearby.
Once u have the program, compile it and upload onto the arduino mini.
After which, Sit back and relax!

Building The Shy Materials

LAMPSHADE
Materials:
1 white sheet of paper
a base from the core of the scotchtape

Cutting the paper into length as you like.
Stick two of the edges of the paper together so that it forms a pole with an empty core.
Stick this hollow pole to the base of the scotchtape.

Completed! Here u go with a simple recycled lampshade for your changing mood lamp.

Fan
Materials:
Motor from the toy
Wooden Stick as the stem
Coka cola Can

Make the fan spade using the can. Cut the can into half horizontally. Divide the body of the can into equal strips and cut till about an inch from the base. File the edges such that the blades are not too sharp to cause injury. Twist the open end of the blade such that they are behind the blades on its left. Repeat for all other blades.

When you complete, drill a small hole in the centre of the base of the can. Stick it onto the motor.
I use the used wires from the laboratory to tie the motor to the wooden stick such that it stands.

Here, a complete simple recycled fan is ready for display!

FINAL THEME: The Shy Materails

Introducing technology as the new friend to these waste materials, this project aims to bring out how the project can "gang up" and go against the human needs. Having being at the back and call of man kind, now the electricity and the waste materials that had lost confidence now come together and "ostracise" the man kind instead.



The lamp and fan will both run...displaying their happiness, the interaction between the electricity and the mood paper lamp. This normal running of the project aims to show the happy times the materials and the electricity tried to have at the absence of human. once the sensor senses someone nearby, all the interaction between the materials and the electrocity then stop. The materials then ignore the "exhibit" viewing them and shows their dislike for the mankind.

Biennale 2008

I was greeted by these at the Biennale 2008!

This piece of work has got many leeches crawling on the floor, greeting you from the stairs and into the first hall. From far, i thought they were caterpillars. The artist made this piece of visual art engaging in a sense that they gave me the creeps. Every leech has got their own facial expression and body contour that simulates the movement of different motions of a live leech. These leeches were not just put along the side of the walkway but placed all over even in the middle of the walkway.

This is a very interesting piece. The whole scooter and the toucan was actually knitted with wool! Never had i expect anyone to think of such a usage for wool! This piece of art work took up the whole room. The lamp is also knitted with wool. These are the two main subject of this work.

The creeping plants that twined itself around these two subjects were also woven from wool. the extended from the subjects to the ceiling, creating a picturous view of an old alley.

When the doors of these closets are closed, they look just like any other ordinary closet at home. When opened, they revealed an image of the nature when looked at from a distance, looking just like a forest with ife. In actual fact, they are patches of colour that was taken from pieces of coloured skin that was used to stick as the outer layer of a slab of woodchips. Patches of different colour was cut and stick together to form this image. It is interesting with an image of the world outside the home appearing in a common closet in our home. This artwork reminds me of the show Narnia as i thought it also portrays another realm inside the cupboard.

Reading Response 3 - Simulacra and Simulation

Firstly, i have some deep felt feelings to share for having done the reading .



This reading is a tough one. Although we were told this could be done as a simple reading while travelling, it really wasnt as easy as i thought. Up and foremost reason is i have motion sickness. The most important reason being the reading contains far too many abstract thoughts, elaborated and told of further with multiple analogies. I must admit the author's perspectives did draw my attention. Every new thought about simlation and simulacra did not have just one view. It shows a very balance view of both ends which leave me a little lost at times. It makes me ponder what was really going through the author's mind that made him see all these. Having trying to adjust my mindset to see his point each time he shifts his perspective, this reading is really tiring and almost indigestible.

I am greatly impressed at the way the writer relates simulation with our lifes and historical events. The kind of meaning the author devour from the word simulation is marvellous.

"To dissimulate is to pretend not to have what one has. To simulate is to feign to have what one doesnt have."

There was a section about museum which sets me thinking, that the museum portray a dimension of life during an era. There are very descriptive events regarding how we are the living specimens. The way the author mentioned about how science and technology failed to conserve the mummy seems hilarious to me. How much effort had mankind put in to prove how science and technology is the "foolproof" answer to everything even if they fail us? No wonder the author mentioned that ethnology gave us the lesson about the secret that kills it.

"the vengence of the dead"

Talking about hyperreal and the imaginery, the writer speaks of the themeparks and playland as a play of illusions and phantasms.
"Disneyland is a perfect model of all the entangled orders of simulacra."

I must admit it never onced occured to me as a space of regeneration of the imaginery as waste-treatment plants. Creating of hyperreal civilization it is . To me, all these play grounds are just lands for time to relax and indulge in the fairy tales which were seen as the utopia land of our childhood memories. I thought these play lands also serve as a reminder that playing is leaving your soul to enjoy the best of the unreal, feeling good without working out the brain, and reality being harsh is about working, thinking and living with the brain as the generator and not the feelings from the heart.

I never thought how the political aspect could have been so much of a simulation. The way the writer speaks of how to preserve power, death is the way.

"Formerly, the king had to die, therein lay his power. Today, he is miserably forced to feign death, in order to preserve the blessing of his power."

This thought is interesting. Power seems to be the thing man kind seeks. So much so that words of denial is the forced truth spoken.

Lastly, the TV was very brilliantly demonstrated as the subject of simulation. How the actors "pretend as if we were not there" and how this phrase can equate to "as if you were there". A very interesting point of view indeed. We were made to watch a show in front a black box, watching the story flow of a show as if we were there...yet the actors/actresses were acting as if we were not there. I never stood away from the first point of view and though of watching a show being so much of a mirror image for thoughts.

I was rather lost on the content relating to nuclear. So i couldnt squeeze any part of the brain juice for any thoughts.

The writer is like a mirror. He sees not just what he sees, but also what seems to be the reflection of what he sees. His perspectives are interesting as they drew me to a new horizon of thoughts. But i must say, it is a little confusing understanding him initially. His scale of a balance thoughts is unqie and that thrown me off the stool.

Talented artist of thoughts indeeds.