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Giorgio's Final - ForgetMe Lamp

 

 

 

Title:"ForgetMe lamp "

ForgetMe lamp is not your normal lamp, but it's a lamp that is aimed at making your life easier and stress free.

 

A lamp usually just has a on/off switch and nothing more. ForgetMe lamp has a special timer that allows you to fall asleep without worrying about leaving the light on all night. A timer set to three different time slots(10, 30, 60 minutes) that can be activated with a simple touch. The interface has no pushbuttons or switches, they are all integrated in an elegant touchscreen solution. The circuitry is encased in an elegant transparent box that allows you to see the modern design of the Arduino microcontoller

 

Previous iteration here

My first post here 

 

 

 

Final

I have been working a lot to get this lamp to work.

Initially, i tried to use a halogen ligth bulb, 12v 75w.

I wanted to use a transitor to light it one, but after burning 10 transistors, 2 arduinos and the logic board of my macbook I realized it was impossible to use it in my project.

So, I bought a 3w LED lightbulb that works perfectly!

I am waiting for the base of the lamp from the laser cutter. It should be ready early next week. I will fix the code on my arduino so I can have all the functions I need.

Hopefully i wont burn anything else. 

Giorgio's BLUE SKY

Giorgio's curious CSI lightbox

This is the lamp I made for the second project in the class.

I used UV LEDs and UV sesitive ink(the ink the use for stamps in nightclubs?), to simulate a CSI tool.

I stained a knife with UV ink to simulate the murder weapon.

 

[giorgio Milella] Curious Light Implementation prototype

This is a sample of what the final circutry may look like

role and look&feel protypes coming soon

 

[Giorgio Milella] Experiment 9&10

 

Battle Hamster Autopsy

Switch 1 & 2

speaker

back of the circuit board

front "wheel"

top of circuit board

buttons
the hamster

the hamster skinned

label

batteries case

wheels

motor

motor case with wheels

the skin

Ambience lamp v2.0

 

giorgio's code

/************************************************
Created by Giorgio MilellaLight Sensitive Lamp version 1.03 LEDs1 Light SensorSeptember, 30 2010
************************************************/
int LED_0 = 11;//declare LED pin

int LED_1 = 10;//declare LED pin

int LED_2 = 9;//declare LED pin

int LSR = 0;//Declare Sensor pin


int valLED_0   = 255; //Set Dim to maximum

int valLED_1 = 1;   //Set Dim to 1

int valLED_2  = 1; //Set Dim to 1

int i = 0; //declare counter and set it to 0


void setup(){  

pinMode(LED_0,   OUTPUT);  //Declare LED pin as output   

pinMode(LED_1, OUTPUT);    //Declare LED pin as output   

pinMode(LED_2,  OUTPUT);   //Declare LED pin as output 

pinMode (LSR, INPUT);     //Declare Sensor pin as input                  

Serial.begin(9600);  //Serial begin  

}

void loop(){    

int senVal = analogRead(LSR);//read value from pin 0(sensor)

  i += 1;  //starts counter     

 if (i < 255)   {    

valLED_0   -= 1;//decrease LED value    

valLED_1 += 1;//increase LED value     

valLED_2   = 1;//set LED value to 1     

}  else if (i < 508)  {    

valLED_0    = 1; //set LED value to 1    

valLED_1 -= 1; //decrease LED value    

valLED_2  += 1;//increase LED value        

}   else if (i < 761)  {    

valLED_0  += 1;//increase LED value      

valLED_1 = 1; //set LED value to 1    

valLED_2 -= 1;//decrease LED value      

}     else  {  

 i = 1;  

}  
analogWrite(LED_0,   valLED_0);//Set LED value   

analogWrite(LED_1, valLED_1); //Set LED value   

analogWrite(LED_2,  valLED_2);//Set LED value  
int wait = map (senVal, 0, 1023, 1, 100) ;//map sensor

  delay(wait); //set delay to mapped value 

 Serial.println(senVal);//print sensor value

}

Maker Faire Report

A project that caught my attention was this robot built using arduino.

There are two types. One that has a touch senso, and one with a infrared distance sensor that can detect object and pick them up with a pair of pliers.

 

These are pictures of the one with pliers

and this is a video of the other robot with the touch sensor.'