Physical Computing Final Project – Updated Protoype

Bill Of Materials:

Unfortunately this project has ended up being more expensive than I originally planned (mostly because flex sensors are expensive!) Because of this, I have bought enough to recreate one of the tubes with a flex sensor to make sure that the prototype works before buying all the materials.

 

System Diagram:

I played around with the fast LED library to get a sense of working with LED strips as well as the circuit.

I then soldered my own LED strip that I received in the mail from Adafruit.

And then drilled holes in the acrylic tubes to hang them with clear string.

I am still unsure of how to completely fabricate and wire all the sensors with the LEDs because the hanging tubes make it harder. I’m also not sure if Flex sensors seems to work, but I’m not exactly sure how to test them (mostly because I’m not sure if I’m wiring it correctly with the hanging tubes).

Would tilt switch sensors work better?