Light

The end is almost here and there is no hint of there being a rest along the way. Over the past week we have all started to change our area of focus within the project. This is due to us realising that if there is an error in the structure of the project, then the project would only be complete up to that error. We have reevaluated our project and now will work through each step more or less as a team. This will allow us to still have the essentials of our concept even if we do not get all tasks complete. After the next two weeks are up we can reassuringly say what our project is without it all being in pieces.

The digital compass. Picture retrieved from Jenna Gavin.

Our main concern right now is not the practical problems but rather the conceptual surroundings of our work. It has been the area we are lacking in and will need to constantly be looked at. We have not been too in depth because we wanted to wait until we saw what we could implement before spending all this time on the concept and having nothing work. This was something we learnt from the first part of the semester.

The simple picaxe setup. Picture retrieved from Jenna Gavin.

On a brighter note we are having success with the digital compasses and video glasses. I have been able to set the resolution to 640x480 for Mac on Lion using SwitchResX. This has allowed us to stay away from bootcamp windows on our Mac that had the potential for overheating damages. Jenna has worked hard with the digital compasses and was able to program a simple picaxe circuit. The problem I had with them was able to be resolved by programming it on windows. The next step is to use them with the RF signals.

References

“About SwitchResX”, n.d. http://www.madrau.com/indexSRX4.html.