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| + | My proposal for the midterm project is to create a double-runner track that a metal (conductive) ball will roll down, triggering multiple lights. I plan on making the track in an interesting layout as well as the lights. Whenever I want a light to turn on, I will connect wires to the track. The two rails of the track will create a break in the circuit, so when the ball rolls over this break, it will complete the circuit, turning on the light. I will most likely be using relays in order for the electric current itself to turn on the light.I may also put a contact at the end of the track that shuts all the lights off when the ball stops. | ||
Revision as of 23:20, 25 January 2010
I am a senior transfer student in the visual arts media major. My main focus is film and video, but I also love working with my hands, building and tinkering. I am a musician, so I would love to be able to use knowledge from this class to use in fixing/building equipment. I frequent swap meets, thrift stores and garage sales, so I am always collecting and looking for interesting 'junk' that could somehow come to use or simply be displayed on my mantle. I also ride and work on mopeds, scooters and small displacement motorcycles. Some of my interests have involved simple electronics work and soldering, but I still don't feel like a have the basic knowledge to understand how everything works. I am looking forward to this class!
Midterm
My proposal for the midterm project is to create a double-runner track that a metal (conductive) ball will roll down, triggering multiple lights. I plan on making the track in an interesting layout as well as the lights. Whenever I want a light to turn on, I will connect wires to the track. The two rails of the track will create a break in the circuit, so when the ball rolls over this break, it will complete the circuit, turning on the light. I will most likely be using relays in order for the electric current itself to turn on the light.I may also put a contact at the end of the track that shuts all the lights off when the ball stops.
