{"id":268,"date":"2016-05-22T04:32:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T04:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/?p=268"},"modified":"2016-05-23T02:50:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T02:50:43","slug":"test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/2016\/05\/22\/test\/","title":{"rendered":"Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-161 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/orange_listTest-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/orange_listTest-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/orange_listTest-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/orange_listTest-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/orange_listTest.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Putting everything together and testing it was the most time consuming aspect of the project. This is the stage where all issues started popping one after the other.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Testing &amp; Debugging<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I received the EasyDriver component with a right angle male headers. I could not plug this into the breadboard. So I desoldered the headers and then soldered the regular straight male headers back to the component. I was worried the component would get damaged, because the copper circle started coming off while desoldering, but it worked out fine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-286\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160407_195514-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"20160407_195514\" width=\"524\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160407_195514-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160407_195514-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160407_195514-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-289\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160407_221056-e1463896803438-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"20160407_221056\" width=\"166\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160407_221056-e1463896803438-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160407_221056-e1463896803438-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160407_221056-e1463896803438-400x711.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Testing one of the stepper motor to run back and forth<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 945px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-268-1\" width=\"945\" height=\"532\" poster=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160407_221040.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160407_220513.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160407_220513.mp4\">http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160407_220513.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Experimenting with the Pixy camera to turn on LEDs based on movement (Left and Right)<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 945px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-268-2\" width=\"945\" height=\"532\" poster=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PixyCam.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160405_212955.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160405_212955.mp4\">http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160405_212955.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Putting the whole system together and testing how high the camera should be in place to cover the area of the tank<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-282 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160508_233450-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"20160508_233450\" width=\"945\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160508_233450-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160508_233450-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160508_233450-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Testing the stepper motors smoothness<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 945px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-268-3\" width=\"945\" height=\"532\" poster=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160425_174729.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160518_231135.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160518_231135.mp4\">http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160518_231135.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Experimenting with a few drops of ferrofluid in the tank<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 945px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-268-4\" width=\"945\" height=\"532\" poster=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160511_011143.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160511_010856-desktop.m4v?_=4\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160511_010856-desktop.m4v\">http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160511_010856-desktop.m4v<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Experiments with Ferrofluid and Building the Rails<\/p>\n<div class=\"wonderplugingallery-container\" id=\"wonderplugingallery-container-1\" style=\"max-width:100%;margin:0 auto;\"><div class=\"wonderplugingallery\" id=\"wonderplugingallery-1\" data-galleryid=\"1\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"360\" data-skin=\"vertical\" data-autoslide=\"false\" data-autoplayvideo=\"false\" data-schemamarkup=\"false\" data-autoslideandplayafterfirstplayed=\"false\" data-html5player=\"true\" data-responsive=\"true\" data-fullwidth=\"true\" data-showtitle=\"true\" data-showdescription=\"false\" data-showplaybutton=\"true\" data-showfullscreenbutton=\"true\" data-showtimer=\"true\" data-showcarousel=\"true\" data-galleryshadow=\"false\" 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white-space:normal; line-height:14px;}\" data-titlecss=\"{color:#ffffff; font-size:16px; font-family:Armata, sans-serif, Arial; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; text-align:left; padding:10px 0px;}\" data-descriptioncss=\"{color:#ffffff; font-size:12px; font-family:Armata, sans-serif, Arial; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; text-align:left; padding:0px 0px 10px 0px;}\" data-titleheight=\"72\" data-titlesmallscreenwidth=\"640\" data-titleheightsmallscreen=\"148\" data-triggerresizedelay=\"100\" data-thumbmediumsize=\"800\" data-thumbsmallsize=\"480\" data-thumbmediumwidth=\"64\" data-thumbmediumheight=\"64\" data-thumbsmallwidth=\"48\" data-thumbsmallheight=\"48\" data-jsfolder=\"https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/plugins\/wonderplugin-gallery\/engine\/\" style=\"display:none;\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/videos\/culmVideos\/Ferrofluid001.mp4\" data-poster=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ferrofluid-small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ferrofluid-small-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ferrofluid\" data-description=\"First Experiment with Ferrofluid\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/videos\/culmVideos\/Ferrofluid002.mp4\" data-poster=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ferrofluid8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ferrofluid8-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ferrofluid\" data-description=\"Experimenting Ferrofluid with Ball\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/videos\/culmVideos\/Ferrofluid003.mp4\" data-poster=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ferrofluid-font.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ferrofluid-font-150x150.gif\" alt=\"Ferrofluid\" data-description=\"Experimenting Ferrofluid with Ball and Maze\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/videos\/culmVideos\/Kinect001.mp4\" data-poster=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kinect1_copy.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kinect1_copy-150x150.png\" alt=\"Kinect Setup\" data-description=\"First Kinect Setup Trial on Mac OS X El Capitan\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rail001.mp4\" data-poster=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rail001_thumb.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rail001_thumb-150x150.png\" alt=\"Build Rail 1\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rail002.mp4\" data-poster=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rail002_thumb.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rail002_thumb-150x150.png\" alt=\"Build Rail 2\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rail003.mp4\" data-poster=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rail003_thumb.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rail003_thumb-150x150.png\" alt=\"Build Rail 3\"><\/a><div class=\"wonderplugin-engine\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wonderplugin.com\/wordpress-gallery\/\" title=\"Responsive WordPress Gallery Plugin\">Responsive WordPress Gallery Plugin<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Electromagnets<\/h3>\n<p>Issues with electromagnets not having enough pull intensity. Bought a few different electromagnet solenoids from Amazon and all but one was not working as described in the data sheet. The reason I wanted to use an electric magnet was because I wanted the ability to turn on and off, which would let the ferrofluid convert from liquid to spikes. This transition itself would bring out the artistic aspect of the project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 180px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-291 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-22-at-2.21.33-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-05-22 at 2.21.33 AM\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-292 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-22-at-2.21.50-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-05-22 at 2.21.50 AM\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-293 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-22-at-2.22.09-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-05-22 at 2.22.09 AM\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-294 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-22-at-2.22.17-AM-300x290.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-05-22 at 2.22.17 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-22-at-2.22.17-AM-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-22-at-2.22.17-AM.png 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Grove electromagnet by Seeedstudio was the one that had a decent pull intensity. However I could \u00a0not use this because it was not creating the spikes a regular Neodymium magnet would. And this was important to bring the artistic aspect of the ferrofluid.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 210px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/2016\/03\/30\/build\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-160 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/orange_gearBuild-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/orange_gearBuild-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/orange_gearBuild-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/orange_gearBuild-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/orange_gearBuild.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/2016\/05\/22\/code\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-159 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/orange_codeCode-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/orange_codeCode-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/orange_codeCode-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/orange_codeCode-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/orange_codeCode.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Back to <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dmirpuri.com\/culmination\/process\/\">Process<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Putting everything together and testing it was the most time consuming aspect of the project. This is the stage where all issues started popping one after the other. &nbsp; Testing &amp; Debugging &nbsp; I received the EasyDriver component with a right angle male headers. I could not plug this into the breadboard. 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