March 27

Precedent 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynzr7TQBf64 

What we are considering

IMS-1 50A Single Channel Super H Bridge Driver Module CW CCW Strong Braking

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/IMS-1-50A-Single-Channel-Super-H-Bridge-Driver-Module-CW-CCW-Strong-Braking/1391641_2047282429.html

My first attempt wire diagram

Other Motor Research

http://www.robotshop.com/blog/en/how-to-make-a-robot-lesson-3-actuators-2-3703

Small Scale Build?  

http://www.electan.com/microrax-elbow-hinge-p-4368-en.html
http://www.robotshop.com/en/hitec-hs755hb-servo.html

-S

China Pingdi, Longgang Weather

The pilot zone of the Shenzhen ILCC lies at Gaoqiao area on PINGDI Street, Longgang District. It runs along the Dingshan River and covers the area north to Huanlong Avenue (north pathway), west to Jiaoyu Road North, east to Gaoqiao Road and the area within the ecological line of the surrounding mountains. The total planning area is around one square kilometer.

The contest aims at collecting the cutting-edge urban design philosophy and innovative ideas on construction of the land. The formal notice for the urban design competition is planned to be released on 15 January 2015.

Pingdi is situated at 22.77° North latitude, 114.3° East longitude and 19 meters elevation above the sea.

MAP

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Longgang,+Shenzhen,+Guangdong,+China/@22.6036345,114.2658091,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x34046d8426e2aa75:0xb5890b332394d3f0

WIND

http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/siu_ying_tsui

http://www.windfinder.com/windstatistics/shenzhen_baoan_airport

WEATHER

https://weatherspark.com/averages/34108/Shenzhen-Guangdong-China

Adaptive

http://www.adaptivebuildings.com/heliotrace.html

2015.03.03 Deployable Origami

NASA Video

http://www.zmescience.com/space/origami-space-array-0312013/ 


Other Deployments
http://rerdm.hyperbody.nl/index.php/project23:Styling

Origami

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E12uju1vgQ

Arduino 2.27.15

Arduino Progress 

First Try (Simple Exploration)

The easiest way I've managed to measure a resistive sensor is to connect one end to power and the other to a pull-down resistor to ground. Then the point between the fixed pulldown resistor and the variable photocell resistor is connected to the analog input of the microcontroller.

Vo = Vcc ( R / (R + Photocell) )
This basically works by making the voltage proportional to the inverse of the photocell resistance which is, in turn, inversely proportional to light levels. The resistance of the photocell decreases, the total resistance of the photocell and the pulldown resistor decreases from over 600KΩ to 10KΩ. That means that the current flowing through both resistors increases which in turn causes the voltage across the fixed 10KΩ resistor to increase. This is the simplest method I have tried to date.

The code v1.5

Light Intensity Photosensitive Sensor Resistor Module

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/321516078989?lpid=82&chn=ps

This may be the next step to take. Here is a diagram of the breadboard layout that implements a third party photosensitive sensor module.

-S

2015.04.05 work flow