25/10/2018

So on this day, our lecturer, Ron, had ordered a load sensor for me to test and learn how this particular sensor works. Ang was practicing his sewing skills by using the sewing machine provided at the lab. However, this day took a wrong turn that we are not very prepared for.

First on my part.

I placed a heavy object on the load sensor and there's no results or changes on the screen, indicating that it detects some weight changes. But nope, the serial monitor appears to only show one color, which is white.

The problem isn't really from the product itself. But from the poor documentation (instruction guide) and poor code example that was given/shared by the seller. The documentation provided enough information to let the codes run. But it didn't provide a more in-depth information or, in my case, a documentation if the code didn't run at all.

The video itself provided didn't really help us a lot either as it's just showing what does the load sensor do. What a waste of time, money and energy.

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So to not waste any more time, Ron provided me a barometer - a sensor that can detect pressure changes - lying around his desk to test it out whether the barometer is working or not and if we can use it. 

I tested it out and the barometer is a complete 180 degree turn from the previous sensor with good documentation and working code example. For a second I thought we have to reconstruct our design from scratch but nope.

Ang, on the other hand, is having trouble using the sewing machine. The sewing machine kept on acting up strangely as the bottom of the cloth was stitched so poorly. So he just tried to practice sewing the building structure by hand.

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2710/18

On this day, we tested how much can light pass through fabric/cloth by using one of our old clothes.

Fabric is not a very good material to let light pass through as you can see in this picture. Yes, in camera it does look quite nice but in reality, the light can only be seen if people come close to the object. This defeats the purpose of our project because the project is about attracting people using bright colorful lights.

And another problem is this is a bad time to make scheme.