Week 13 Update

 Short post today because I don’t have much to show for what I’ve been working on, but I made progress on both the lab and progressing through my project idea. 


Here is the soldered version of my power supply motor setup working: 

 

This will be helpful for my project, as I’ve decided to make a conglomerate object that highlights some of the unique mechanical aspects of my old car. I’m envisioning something that sort of hums and / or vibrates on its own, the intensity of which changes based on interactivity. I thought of doing some kind of pedal that’s separate from the object to lean more into the car concept, but I think that might be too difficult to accomplish with the time constraints given that it would probably have to be wirelessly connected to the object. So I’m kind of stuck on what kind of interactivity I want and how it takes shape. Regardless, I found two really small pulleys with belts that are supposed to be used as 3D printer parts, so I can incorporate those as one of the main components along with some others that I haven’t decided on yet. I still have a lot to figure out but once I have more physical elements, it’ll be much easier to piece them together. 

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