Assignment: DC Motor: Actuation Assignment 1

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Description

The Gestalt effect is when the mind takes a lesser form and creates a greater and more meaningful whole. This might consist of drawing an image of a vase, and one seeing two faces, or a group of 2 dimensional boxes that create a 3D image due to the sharp color contrast. My goal for this project was to test six different types of concentric circles I created, each with only 8 lines varying the width and transparency, and see if I could get a 3D effect or depth from the motion.

Here are my results.

Components Used

• 1 Potentiometer
• 1 Diode
• 1 Resistor
• Arduino Board
• Breadboard
• Wire
• Steel Pedestal
• Electrical Tape

Arduino Code

/*
 * one pot fades one motor
 * modified version of AnalogInput
 * by DojoDave <http://www.0j0.org>
 * http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/AnalogInput 
 * Modified again by dave
 */
 
int potPin = 0;   // select the input pin for the potentiometer
int motorPin = 9; // select the pin for the Motor
int val = 0;      // variable to store the value coming from the sensor
void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {
  val = analogRead(potPin);    // read the value from the sensor, between 0 - 1024
  Serial.println(val);
  analogWrite(motorPin, val/4); // analogWrite can be between 0-255
}

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