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This is not my first time doing Analog In and Out. The potentiometer worked fine last time, but it didn’t tonight no matter what I was testing around anything.
The problem was that LED didn’t show delicate difference when rotating either potentiometer or flex sensor. It kept blinking in very same interval. Then I switched the power source from USB to A/C adaptor but same result was shown. Only reason that I can assume what caused this malfunctioning LED might be from the wood attaching process. Since the screws were about 3mm longer than the depth of wood piece, I had to grind them by using of disc grinder.
Did it somehow damage the board? Were those screws fasten too much?

Sensors I tried to sync:

• Potentiameter
• Flex Sensor
• Force Sensor

On arduino program, I could see numbers changing and they were not following given analog input. They even varied when the switch stopped.

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Revised Sep 25th - It turns out, my board only works when doing Digital IO, not Analog IO.
Mouna helped me out enormously in thousand ways to figure out what caused this, we finally came up with the idea of ‘partial damage’ on my arduino board. So, I need to buy an extra board to explore deeper Analog world.

• Two LEDs (Red/ Yellow)
• One Momentary Push-button Switch
• Voltage Regulator
• Resisters

At first, I was a little careless for resister so didn’t get the right amount of light from LED. Very soon I figured that I need ‘lighter’ resister which is 97.5 Ohms one and….Voila!

Many gadgets such as iPhone, PDAs, or compact digital cameras require a protection which is commonly named ‘pouch’, or ’sheild’.It transforms to be a container for my iBook charger. I’ve noticed that many electronics products share similar dimensions, which means there could be ‘one fits for all’ solutions when it comes to container(or protective pouch).

DIY pouch that costs almost nothing but 1 or 2 hours of crafting work - this was my initial idea to make a ‘useful’ thing.

A combination of duct tape and wires. All are supplied from shop at ITP.

By using of a different color duct tape, I decorated the outline with thick stroke. The implanted wires show the structure and pattern inside.
When it’s widely open, it reminds me of a diaper.

I am writing this blog because all my past entries in ITP’s wordpress have gone for no reason.
It is good to recall what I have done ‘before’ even though that’s only just three weeks ago.
I skipped the very first class because of all hassle for enrolling/waiving classes, then realized I was supposed to create a ‘thing’ that communicates what I am interested exploring in the class.

Within a very short amount of time, the first thing occurred in my mind was making a something useful and cheap. Cheap should mean almost zero dollar to me. Looking around the place (shop at ITP) I was sitting, it didn’t take me too long to come up with the idea of making a thing out of very accessible, common, cheap, and even friendly: a duct tape.

• Pros: almost ‘zero’ cost to make. light weight. soft. doesn’t take much space.
• Cons: tape pills off. not durable. cannot provide maximum protection.