User:Aabdelaz6573/SnakeHat/Howard Community College/fall2012/p1-502-aks

Write problem/project Goal
Our goal is to create a hat utilizing a rubber snake and LED lights to convey the emotion of a person through color

My First Task
I will gather information on programming arduino.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
-Gather materials needed to work an Arduino Uno -Download Arduino Uno software from arduino.cc -Watch videos on programing arduino uno

Week1 Narrative
In order to create our snakeHat we must program the arduino uno to have different lighting patterns and colors depending on the wearers brain waives. I took an Arduino Uno from Eng class home. Figured out that i do not have a USB cord so I drove back and picked one up along with LED lights. While downloading I had a hard time opening the software since the download failed to install. I tried redownloading and extracting several times but it didnt work. I then watched a video showing step by step how to complete the installation process and finally installed it. I played around with the arduino for a while switching LED lights here and there. I Programmed an Arduino Uno to make LED lights blink or stay lit.

My Second Task
I am going to learn a few more different LED lighting patterns and also figure out how a diode works in order to learn how to program an arduino to cooperate with an arduino board

Summary of actual work over second weekend
I figured out that there are more ways to program an arduino to pick up more than just brainwaves. It can work with heart pulses, brightness of the environment, and sound waves. We were not planning on making our snakehat to correspond to heart pulses, but we are considering it and moreover leaning towards it.

Week2 Narrative
Picking up some beer bottle caps for Christina smith from Pizza Hut. The caps will be used for the electrodes. bought 60 LEDs with 6 different colors from amazon.

Here are a few videos I watched on Arduinos corresponding to pulses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbUVIZi9aLo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiOBTPCcecY http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=BAp1snPchT4&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3YOPbkV4zQ

Just a pretty cool video with what an arduino can do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=GUcX41pokZY

attached two electro pods together and made them light up. (will be posting pictures of it on wikipedia soon) This gives me a better understanding of the circuit needed for the snakehat.

Pegleg614 thanks so much for the beer caps and i like all the links you have it will be helpfulPegleg614 (talk) 15:53, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

these links help a ton to get some concrete direction for the project Deanobijekwu (talk) 17:09, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

My Third task
I am planning on searching for videos or instructions on programming an Arduino Uno to respond to heart pulses or electrical voltage from electrodes. I will also purchase LEDs that are capable of changing color and learn how an electropod light strip works in order to put one into a rubber snake

Summary of actual work over second weekend
I planned on actually trying to figure out the arduino sketch for the heart pulse sensor, but turns out I can just download it online, but i did manage to get the sketch anyway.

Good job ahmed it looks like we are both going somewhere with our aspect of the project.Pegleg614 (talk) 00:37, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Week2 Narrative
Found a video that shows the actual inventors of the small light-weight pulse sensor for arduino: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1342192419/pulse-sensor-an-open-source-heart-rate-sensor-that

This is the only place to purchase it from as they are the only ones who have it.

I have also downloaded the arduino sketch from http://makeprojects.com/Project/Beating+Heart+Headband/1622/1#.UHHnspiHKp0

My Third task
I am planning on getting the right arduino sketch for the pulse sensor so my group and I can attach the pulse sensor right away and have LEDs blink every time your heart beats

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
Tinkering with pulse sensor/ arduino programs and determining which is the correct one that reads heat pulses best.

Week4 Narrative
Finally received the pulse sensor in the mail and put in all the pieces together. First we attached the wires to the arduino in GND, 5.5v, and A1. than we hot glued the ear lob clip to the pulse sensor.

Acquiring the pulse sensor/arduino sketch was not easy. while searching for the sketch i came across about 20 different programs that all correspond to the pulse sensor and the arduino. I downloaded and tested many different programs and ran into some that were blinked at a speed to fast to be a heartbeat or to slow or with a weird pattern behind it. On my 8th program download i tested it and turns out this was working quite well. I attatched the pulse sensor to my ear lob and checked my own pulse and everytime i felt a pulse, the LED would light up.

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SnakeHat/Howard Community College/fall2012/p1-502-aks