This week was not a big success for me... My initial purpose was to use the touchpad I made in input devices week in order to control the shape memory alloy I was experimenting with in output devices week.
So, continuing last week, I tried to solve the issues I had with my MOSFET circuit, so I made Neil's stepper motor example in order to be able to control a few National wires at the same time. Additionally, I spent some more time trying to achieve nicer results with the Nitinol. It didn’t help...after a lot of time experimenting with it, trying to create movement in different kinds of thin papers attached to it, I gave up... kind of regretting I got in to this National experience... Took too much time and unfortunately no outcomes..
Programming the stepper motor circuit in Arduino. From some reason I was unable to activate the Nitinol with it.
Due to the abovementioned unsuccessful experiences, I finally tried to create some simple commination between my touchpad and the LED + button circuit I made in electronics design week.