Tutor(s) present: Yee Siang
So the moment I saw him, I immediately told him my woes about whether the wi-fi could connect to my home router. His reply released all my tension. He said yes!
He brought his box of sensors, and showed me this really cool heartbeat sensor. Also, since I didn't buy the accelerometer sensor just yet, he showed me his tilt sensor!
Yee Siang taught me how to connect my router and check out my I.P. address as well. He said I needed to test if the lilypad xbee could work on its own without the main board. To connect the Xbee to the computer I needed to know php. *gasp* I know none of it.
He wants to know how sensitive Trace Sensors are since he was more familiar with wired sensors (the one with the antenna sticking out).
I could test the lan connection of the home router (the one Gerry's housemate so generously borrowed) first with my computer and other computers, but I need to get the cable to connect them first.
PLANNED ACTIONS:
- Sketch some graphics for goodness sake
- Test if Lilypad Xbee could be used as a main board
Next Session: He wants to see a working prototype.
Later in the evening.
My boards came today!
I didn't order a few items like the accelerometer, the RGB leds and the vibration motors. I couldn't see the price tag go up to 300 Sing. Also, I had to make sure that I was going in the right direction. I want to dip my toes in the lake first. But in this case, I've already dipped my entire right leg into it.
But, l discovered I'm missing this piece! The FTDI chip to connect to the Arduino lilypad.
I had a friend in UK that gave me a private message (Justin Kong) about how cheap all his components were because he shipped them from China. And I was thinking, WHY didn't I think of CHINA's TAOBAO in the first place?! They sold alot of sensors at such a cheap price, I could get the arduino lilypad at just RM11 when I bought it at RM70!
However, they didn't sell some of the parts which I bought, so that was a huge relief. I noticed I accidentally ordered TWO lilypad Lipowers. How silly of me.
Justin was really helpful, he gave me a pdf on C language and it looks really useful! He said that he could be able help out with some stuff in the process when he comes back to Malaysia for 2 weeks. After that, he's going back to UK to start on his PhD in Mathematics. And he's only a year older than I am. *APPLAUDS*
I fixed the Trace Xbee onto the Lilypad Xbee. At first, it didn't quite fit because I had it facing the other way. I panicked a little.
I turned it around and, OH IT FITS! I was so glad. Another weight lifted off my shoulders.
I measured all the parts on my hand and discovered that this wearable was never going to just fit on my hand. It was going to be an ARMBand.
It's going to be called a WOO BAND. I'd better do some research on the name in case it means something horrible in another language.
As for the installation mechanics, a friend from my cellgroup (David Tan) is willing to meet up and teach me some UNITY! I have always wanted to learn the software!
I'm also quite glad that I do not need to use Actionscript anymore (hopefully) because apparently UNITY could link with ARDUINO!
I'm so glad that I have friends to help!
I sound extremely excited and loud in this post albeit the bad news of my participation in recent awards and college.
I guess I'm just really excited with this project!
So, my current team mates for my final year project would be (they don't know they're in it):
- Me
- Yee Siang (Arduino's expert a.k.a. my tutor)
- Jazmi, Sweii , and Daniel Chong (Contextual and User Experience Gurus)
- David Tan (UNITY game developer)
- Justin Kong (Self initiated Arduino Robotics expert - he's doing a self-balancing robot right now: I'd like to know how he handles the accelerometers' sensitivity and axis')
- MY DAD (he's going to be helping me with the sewing)
- Gerry (he's going to be dealing with little technical problems I have and my ever so fluctuating moods)
Ohmygod! That's a team of 7 already!
I'm going to name us, THE CREED. (I'm easily influenced by the current books I read)
Somehow, I love basking in the glory of being so technical.
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