I began this recitation with some difficulty. Before, my partner in class had been the one to connect the Arduino Uno to his computer, upon doing so for the first time on Friday, I was unable to find the port on the software. After restarting my laptop and checking the device manager, I was able to determine which port to use. I was able to create and use the first circuit easily after.
Similarly, I was able to build the circuit for tone melody with ease.
The game at the end however had some issues. One of the LED would not light until I adjusted the positions of some of the cables and the lights on the bread board.
Question 1: Another possible “button” you could use could be a mouse or stylus, tracking how long it takes a person to draw a figure or follow a sequence of points. This would allow for more interaction as the program and users to think about the pattern to draw or recognize the pattern being drawn, and respond by use of the winning melody after determining who finished the task first.
Question 2: The 10Kohm resistor allows for connection to ground when the button is not pushed, providing “LOW” as the reading. Without the presence of the resistor, the program would read random values as the input pin would be left floating. Thus, the resistor is known as the pull-down resistor.
Question 3: One example of a project that is in line with the Arduino Way is TEMPUR foam, otherwise known as memory foam. Originally designed as crash protection for airplane passengers, the Ames Research Center inadvertently made a form of comfortable bedding. But now, modern day memory foam is slightly different from the original.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spinoff_technologies
