New Genre 9/21

Peter Flemming's Work
Flemming's work centers on a circuitry model that he developed called the MMMSE.

Canoe

 * Start by looking at Peter Flemming's "Canoe"
 * Fascinating piece
 * Paddle motion paced by build up charge needed to enact the motion
 * Mechanical system is not terribly complicated
 * Charm comes through its quaint uselessness
 * Uselessness of the machine
 * Inversion of the boat metaphor (water inside)
 * Siting in flood plain, near Yukon river
 * Technical part & Artistic consideration working in tandem

Different Motor Types

 * DC Motor -> One motion depending on charge
 * Servo Motor ->
 * Stepper Motor ->

Stepper Motor Choir

 * Another incredible piece that utilizes Flemming's MMMSE & Stepper Motors
 * Documentation video is pretty good -> as it places text over the video explaining the process & whatnot
 * Unclear how the work was encountered (could you enter the project?) (Or change its settings)
 * Aesthetic decisions made demonstrate the technical process involved.

Open Source Technical Guides

 * Flemming Conveniently provides extensive documentation of his MMMSE boards
 * This guide can be found here
 * Also very importantly adds notes to the documentation of the board explicating the design of the board.
 * OVERKILL in Electrical Engineering is a really good idea. It usually allows for a safer and more productive design.
 * Printed Circuit Boards -> Usually you just design your board and email the design to a third party to have them print it.

Jessica Field

 * Maladjusted Ecosystem Project ->
 * Documentation critique -> Voice-Over Documentation is only good when not presented at the actual installation.
 * Robots were made from kits -> Does that compromise the project?
 * We will be looking at the aesthetic of the robots
 * Perhaps the Project critiques the idea of the RobotWar idea -> Darwinian Robot-destroy-Robot idea but substituting ideas of miscalibrated robots (unable to combat or help each other)

Lab Work

 * Using Breadboards

Monostable System



 * Never need to regulate

Arduino Intro

 * Buy on at Modern Device
 * About $30


 * Make sure the computer and the board are talking correctly:
 * Tools > Board > NAME OF ARDUINO
 * Tools > Serial Port > NAME OF USB PORT


 * Basic program is "BLINK"


 * Essentially, the Arduino IDE is Processing.

The Arduino

 * Has digital pins
 * Analog Pins