Dhabia, Joseph, Salama, Maitha Purpose of the Project The desert is usually described as a barren place, where abundance seems impossible. There’s scarcity in water, resources and wildlife. What we forget however, is the reliability and consistency that the desert Read more…
Team: Amy, Armaan, Injoo, Pranav About Project Artificial Arthropod is a robot inspired by desert arthropods. Artificial Arthropod recognizes light stimuli and digs a burrow to hide under the sand. After a couple of seconds, the robot comes back to Read more…
Your final project should: Create an interaction or performance between your electronic device and people, the environment, and / or plants/animals. For example: A robot that moves through the dunes A light sculpture A sound installation using multiple CircuitPython boards Read more…
I found a few different LED diffusers for both single LEDs and the NeoPixel Ring, all from thingiverse. Most of the diffusers had interesting shapes, but I didn’t find anything that was similar to, for instance, a light bulb shape. Read more…
I found a couple of different 3D printed potentiometer knob designs, all from thingiverse. I particularly liked the ones that had a customization aspect to it, so you can have the standard design or create something interesting. These first two Read more…
It’s week 3 of the first class of Desert Media Art – and me just made our first group installation! Each of us made a one-pixel “story” that’s programmed on a battery powered CircuitPython board. Each device has it’s own Read more…
In this tutorial, you will learn how to interact with the input pins by touch. Parts you need in this tutorial: Adafruit Feather M4 Express 1M resistor Male-male jumper wire USB-Micro USB connector cable Breadboard (Optional) Copper tape (Optional) Cardboard Read more…
In this tutorial, you will learn how to move a servo using M4 Express. Reference: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-feather-m4-express-atsamd51/circuitpython-servo Parts you need in this tutorial: Adafruit Feather M4 Express Male-Male jumper wire USB – Micro USB connector cable Breadboard LiPo battery (Optional) Preview Read more…
In this tutorial, you will learn how to play mp3 on your FeatherWing board using CircuitPython. Parts you need in this tutorial: Preview: Step 0: Pre-soldering Step 1: Setup Circuit Python Step 2: Make your music Step 3: Build the Read more…