Code

void setup()  { serial.begin(9600) serial.println(“Adafruit SI1145 test”); if (!uv.begin()) { serial.println(“Didn’t find Sill45”); while (1); } serial.println(“OK!); } void loop() { serial.println(“===================”) serial.print(“Vis:  “); serial.println(uv.readVisible()); serial.print(“IR:  “); serial.println(uv.readIR()); delay(1000); }

Material Research

+ Arduino Nano This is a small Arduino board which offers similar specs to the Arduino UNO but in a smaller form. Lacks a DC power jack and instead works with a Mini-B USB instead of a standard one.  Size: 1.7 by 0.73 inch Price: £19.20   Teensy 4.0/LC   A complete USB – based

Project Proposal

The proposed project I plan on creating a wrist band that will inform its users on the level of sunlight (measured by the UV Index). This information will be colour coded and displayed through RGB LED lights which will indicate the UV light levels for instant recognition. These are my intended light colours according to

Project 8 Wearable Heart Rate Monitor (existing-software)

For the last entry into project research, I wanted to look into wearable technology projects, this is where I came across the wearable heart rate monitor. This was created by Dmitry Dziuba and is their second iteration of a heartbeat monitor. The purpose of this wearable device is to monitor the users heart load while

Task 3

Looking back at the material from our previous Arduino based lectures we decided we wanted to make something using the slider and potentiometer. We wanted to create something that interacted with video playback. I referred back to what I had created for task one and used a similar tutorial video. I found the following video

Project 7 Smart Mug (existing-hardware)

This is the smart mug created by ElectroPeak designed to inform its user of the temperature of its contents using LED lights located around the bottom of the cup. The creator took existing hardware (a mug) and modernised it. An Arduino Nano is located in the compartment under the mug and was used in order

Project 6 Arduino Board (framework-hardware)

In an earlier post, I wrote about the software side of Arduino however, in this blog post I will be focusing on the hardware side with the Arduino board. With this device, sensors can be hooked up to it which can then be programmed using the Arduino IDE software. This is the Arduino LED temperature

Task 2

Today we were given a basic introduction into using the Arduino SDK and the Teensy microprocessor. The method that we used to make this was called breadboarding, which is a solder-less way of wiring up electronics. Using this we connected an analog light sensor. This being an analog sensor means that it reads more or

Project 5 Arduino IDE (framework-software)

Arduino Integrated Development Environment also knows as IDE is an application designed to write and download code to Arduino compatible boards. It uses code languages C and C++. This software is open source and runs on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux making it very accessible and flexible. I took a look at the Arduino Project

Project 4 Max 8 (framework-software)

Max is a visual programming language that is designed for usage within the music and multimedia industry. It has been used by a variety of professionals from different backgrounds such as software designers, composers, and artists. It describes itself as ‘an infinitely flexible place to create interactive media software. with in-depth tools for audio, graphics,