After playing around with lifting the pen to activate the unit, I realised that it made the whole experience of using the unit, very clunky. The user would have to try to turn the dials while having both hands full - one with the pen (to keep the unit on) & one with the notebook.
In summary, I think I'll just stick with the pen simply hanging & a toggle switch to turn off & on the unit.
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Getting It On (Part III)
After building a more accurate housing & constantly tweaking the height of the screen, I screwed on the Arduino board & bread board to make the whole setup more secure. The next step is to make a more accurate frame - Peep Rig Mk. VI
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Chain Pen
As I was thinking about the current interaction of switching on the unit with a simple switch, I decided it was too boring & predictable. In a couple of earlier form sketches, I included a chain pen hanging from the base of the viewer. As the project is centred around people who compulsively record everything they see, I thought I could exaggerate this by turning on the unit when the pen is picked up, forcing the user to hold the pen while they observe. I can make this happen by using a microswitch with a long lever connected to the end of the chain.
Just waiting to get the components through the mail...
Just waiting to get the components through the mail...
Monday, 1 February 2010
Getting It On (Part II)
The next step was to check if the screen & housing could be mounted to a wall. I drilled out another two holes in the housing to fix it to my "wall" (which happens to be just another bigger bit of wood).
The results were great! The two screws held the housing safely & securely. Now to build a better housing...
Getting It On (The Wall)!
After creating an initial working (albeit crude) model, I have began to mount the system on a wall. First of all I had to check that I could get the screen to stay fixed to a vertical surface safely. Luckily, a portion of the screen had screw holes that could be taken advantage of.
I went down to the workshop (for the first time in about nine months) & started work on cutting & drilling screw holes into a piece of wood. After that I mounted the screen - as I was a bit rusty on the machinery, the finished product was a bit squint, but it confirmed that the set-up was safe.
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