Author: Antonius
Classes 15 & 16
Assignment 5: Getting Acquainted with the Arduino
Assignment 5 – Arduino on Textiles – Groups of Two – Due Thursday, 3/30.
Materials
- Arduino Uno or DFRobot Beetle
- Wire
- Breadboard
- 220 Ohm Resistor (LED)
- 10K Resistor (pushbutton)
- LED
- Conductive Thread
- Portable Battery
Tools
- Multimeter
- Arduino IDE
Your challenge in this lab is to make your first Arduino project and try to implement it on a piece of textile. The requirements are:
- It has to have a soft-circuit social input, such as a fabric pushbutton or fabric force-sensitive-resistor, that can be activated by another person.
- It has to provide some sort of output such as an LED or a 5V buzzer
- It has to be powered by battery.
- You have to write the code yourself. You can base it off of the example provided in circuits.io from last class.
Many of you will not finish this project during class time. You will have to finish it on your own time. Schedule office hours with the instructor or with the fellows for extra help. Document your entire process. You each have to submit individual documentation.
Examples from previous semesters:
Class 12
Project 1: Sight Fabrics
Create a project made from fabric that tells a story through the sense of sight. Document on the Documentation Blog.
Some examples of previous projects:
- The Binary Poem by Krishan
- Panda Ontogeny shirts by Hoiyan
- Felt Christmas Tree by Elli
- Visibility Cloak by Konrad
Class 11 – CNC Tools Review
Class 9 – Intro to Illustrator
The Laser Cutting Template:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2d4CX5x_VIFeTBlelJveGZPMTQ/view?usp=sharing
Please follow the IMA Laser Cutting Tutorial here:
http://ima.nyu.sh/resources/fabrication-resources/laser-cutting/
Class 8
Class 9 – Meet in Mac Lab room 504
Class 10 – Field Trip to Fabric Market. Meet in the lobby at 1 pm.
Assignment 3: Weaving Fundamentals
Assignment 3 – Weaving
Materials
- 2 X 24” of different colored yarns.
- Cardboard
Tools
- 1 Loom with shuttle and heddle (Design your own).
- Adobe Illustrator
Your challenge in this lab is to take your knowledge of weaving and design your own loom to cut on the laser cutter. The requirements or your loom are:
- It has to have a shuttle and a way to create a shed (IE, a heddle).
- It has to be made from cardboard
- The design has to have a vector cut and a raster etch. Inscribing your names to the loom counts as a raster etch, but doing something more creative would be a better use of both our times.
Steps:
- Draw a design and cut it out using scissors and/or a boxcutter to make a cardboard prototype for your loom.
- Once you finish your design, we will measure it in detail and create an illustrator file out of your object so you can manufacture it with the laser cutter.
- You will not have time to cut your project during class. Schedule a time with a fellow to cut the loom together using this link.
For more information on the IMA Laser Cutter, go to this link.
Once you have made your loom, try to create some of the following weaves:
- A basic weave fabric. If you have time, weave with some conductive thread into your fabric.
- A twill woven fabric.
- A weave of your own design.
Here are some examples of looms that students have done in the past: