31
edits
Changes
→Midterm Project
Artist Statement: Since I wasn't able to use the original coin flip idea with the relay, I began to think about other meanings the pendulum could have. I looked for a meaning that was unsure and unsteady as the pendulum swung back and forth, but a statement that increasingly became more and more illuminated as the pendulum slowed down. At first I couldn't think of anything, but having a really busy and stressful week myself with multiple midterms and business meetings for work, I started to realize that the statement "And this too, shall pass", which my father always told me when I was going through a lot of stress. I wanted a more modern statement that my peers could better relate too, and chose to use the popular brand "Life is Good", which is now plastered all over t-shirts, pants, and hats.
Proposal: My final project proposal is to make a version of guitar hero. Instead of a guitar the project would have 4 buttons that would be pressed using your fingers. The display would be an array of 16 LED's laid out in a 4x4 format. The lighted LED's would descend, and the person would need to hit the button as the LED is in the second to last row. On the side, there would be a vertical array of LED's that keep track of your score, and would increase each time you hit a new level. The user would be able to choose between three different songs.
/*
FingerHero
by Ryan Glasgow
VIS147A
*/
int score = 0;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
int mySong[20]={1,3,2,3,1,2,3,2,1,2,1,3,1,2,1,3,1,3,2,3};
// initialize the digital pin as an output:
for (int pinCount = 0; pinCount < 12; pinCount++) { pinMode(pinCount, OUTPUT); }
for (int rowCounter = 0; rowCounter < 20; rowCounter++) {
switch (mySong[rowCounter]) {
case 1:
// 1ST Col
digitalWrite(7, HIGH);
digitalWrite(6, HIGH);
digitalWrite(4, HIGH);
delay(500);
if(analogRead(0) > 1000) { digitalWrite(5, HIGH); score++; }
break;
case 2:
// 2nd Col
digitalWrite(113 nn/, HIGH);
digitalWrite(10, HIGH);
digitalWrite(9, HIGH);
delay(500);
if(analogRead(1) > 1000) { digitalWrite(8, HIGH); score++; }
break;
case 3:
// 3rd Col
digitalWrite(0, HIGH);
digitalWrite(1, HIGH);
digitalWrite(2, HIGH);
delay(500);
if(analogRead(2) > 1000) { digitalWrite(3, HIGH); score++; }
break;
}
// Serial.println(analogRead(0));
delay(500);
for (int pinCount = 0; pinCount < 12; pinCount++) { digitalWrite(pinCount, LOW); }
}
}
void loop()
{
if(score > 0) { digitalWrite(8, HIGH); delay(500); }
if(score > 5) {digitalWrite(9, HIGH); delay(500); }
if(score > 10) { digitalWrite(10, HIGH); delay(500); }
if(score > 15) { digitalWrite(11, HIGH); delay(500); }
}
[[Image:FingerHero1.jpg]]
[[Image:FingerHero2.jpg]]
[[Image:FingerHero3.jpg]]
