User:Cjcampo/ENES 100/ENES-100 Template/project 1

Project Preference

 * Useless Box
 * Makerbot
 * escher

Problem Statement
the project we will be working on is designing a useless box. The useless box is to complete various task which do nothing for any one. It is a box that that completes random tasks that are programmed in the arduino.

Project Plan
In the Next few weeks we will be researching on how to use an arduino. We will be learning to how to program motors and lights and other fun things to the arduinio. We will also be building a box for the useless box to exist. Also we will be designing the shape of the box so that the box will hold all of our actions we want it to do.

Week 1
This week i researched on how to use an arduino. It was my first time playing with an arduino and i found that writing a program has to be very specific. Also i found that their are different brands of Arduinos that run differently in the arduino programming system on the computer. I also found that their is a website called Ardunino.cc which helps with downloading the operating system and helps with programming. I also created a basic program to get a light on the arduino board to turn on for a second and turn off for a second. I was just playing around to get familiar with the program. At first i had trouble getting the arduino to respond to the program because the comp number was not matching with the arduino board. I eventually got it to start working.