Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Day 5: In which I learn more about microcontrollers and kill the bear

After learning the basics of the Arduino, we moved on to using a button as an input. We wrote a code to say that if the button was pressed, it would turn the LED on. and if it was not pressed, it would be off. You may be able to see in the picture that I broke part of the wire on the right side of the ground, rendering it unusable.

This is my bear. I haven't decided his name yet, but iI am deciding between Sexy Sax bear and Frankenbear. I got him at the Goodwill by my house for $8. He sings Christmas songs and dances along with tapping his feet.

I hacked away at my bear and got into his body. I took out the board that all the wires were attached to and cut it off. I then had a very difficult time putting him back together. Because he only has one motor, there are mechanical pieces inside that I was unable to get back together completely. Because of this, I wasn't able to get his feet to move like they used to.

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