RYAN
LI
Art can be more than art.
The fusion between art and science starts here.
Morse Code with LED
My journey with electronics starts here. Thsi video demo will show you a LED implementation of sending SOS signals with a signle LED in MSP430. Baby steps.
PWM - changing LED brightness
As my learning with MSP430 progesses, I learned to control the brightness of a LED with MSP430. Pulse Width Modulation, in short PWM, controls how bright can the LED be. Now the LED can have diffrerent brightnesses, things are starting to get interesting.
Temperture Sensing and RBG LED
With the internal temperture sensor in MSP430, I soon learned how to make a temperture sensor with it. Higher the temperture, redder the LED, and vice versa.
PCB making and randomness
Now it's the real deal. After months of learning, I leanred how to make PCBs. These small intergrated circuits are the building blocks of any other big complex devices. Now I learned the basics of how to design them in EAGLE, and sucessfully manufactured one out for testing. Same temperture sensor, with a touch of randomness. Like Steve Jobs always said, Embrace Random.
SPI controlled LED
These are not normal LEDs - they have an intergrated chips in it that reads "1" and "0"s. It is the first time for me send informations from MSP430 to its slave devices. Gotta say, it's pretty cool being able to command the bits and numbers. It's still temperture sensor, but behold, a big project is coming.
Smat Watch
Perfectly fit in a laster-cut, state-of-the-art package, the smart watch i deisgned has all the functionalities one could ever want. Heart beat sensor, temperture sensor, and of course, the familar digital watch.
Button Debounce
Buttons are not easy to deal with. For them to perfectly work, one have to get rid of the noise. Hardware wise, a small capacitor can be installed to minimalize it, and at the same time it can be achived using software. Here is a demonstration.
My Heart is a Stereo!
Or a drawing machine! (Even cooler XD) Here we are, the perfect combinition of engineering and artistic practices. From an idea to a product, we imbued our utmost concentration to a better product. Promptly responding to the input signal, this device is capable of translating the data in real time to inputs for the servos, thus controlling the pen for the visualization process.
Proud Team Members:
Stephen Xia
Sihan Zeng
Xuaner Zhang
Ryan Li
