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Hypnosis Box

Wed, 10/12/2011 - 05:53 — andiehsieh

Description

A small, unassuming box holding a hypnotic spiral and a disorienting flashing light. Users are invited to peek in for visual stimulatory purposes. 

 

Materials

1 DC motor

1 Potentiometer 

1 Blue LED 

1 Transistor

1 Battery Pack

Styrofoam 

Transparency Print 

Cardboard

 

Arduino Code

 

/*
 * one pot fades one motor
 * + blink LED light 
 * modified version of AnalogInput
 * by DojoDave <http://www.0j0.org>
 * http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/AnalogInput
 * Modified again by dave
 */
 
int bluePin = 10;
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);
  pinMode(10, OUTPUT);
}
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
  digitalWrite(10, HIGH); // set LED on
  delay(30);             // wait for .2 second
  digitalWrite(10, LOW);  // set LED off
  delay(100);             // wait for .2 second
}
 
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