Final Critique

 

 

 

Artist: Chi Ton

Title: Disturbance in the Water

Materials:

Betta fish (Frank)

Ardunio board

Piezo sensor

Water filter

Fish tank

Switch tail

Speaker

Mp3 player

Waterproof bag

How it works

The piezo sensor measures vibrations of the water, that is generated from the sound from the MP3 player that is hooked up to a speaker that is in a waterproof bag that is submerge in the water in the fish tank which is placed over the fish tank. Once the vibrations reach the assigned threshold, the water filter that has fish food inserted in the filter tray, will turn on to feed the fish.

What’s point?

I am working on developing a complexity relationship between the sound, vibrations that added to Frank’s environment and feeding him as the same time to create the reaction of what Frank decides to do. The end result is we see Frank either adapt to his surrounding or eat the food or just swim around angry.

 

Final update

Teaks and changes:
Since I no longer have pH meter hooked up to the filter and the wave shield, there is no point to programming to turn on when the filter turns on. The new Pizeo sensors need to be stimulated by virations in order to  trigger the water filter to turn and feed mt fish. I am using a mp3 music player to play music to creat water to vibrate.

Challenges:

1. Writing the sketch for the Ph meter to sent a message to the Arduino.
2. Get a response for the Ardunio
3. Writing the sketch for the wave shield to play a sound.
4. Writing a sketch for the Arduino link to the filter to talk the Ardunio with the pH level when given a command.
5. Getting the filter tray to filter the salt water.
6. Getting the salt crystals to still grow during the process of filtering.
7. The art piece is suppose to demonstrate a sense of complexity of maintaining the seawater level to produce grow of crystals with the disturbance of filtering fresh water.

Progress:

1. Assemble my wave shield
2. Purchase and receive materials to begin with colonizing salt crystals
3. Experiment growth speed of crystals
4. Experiment motion senors that adapt with water.
5. Write a sketch for my wave shield
6. Search for a pH meter to hack.
7. Begin hacking the pH meter.
8. Find a filter that will leave in sodium in the water.
9. Looked up the functionality of the pH meter in order to manipulate the voltage of the "probe". C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\pH Meter, pH Meters, Hand Held & Benchtop pH Meters.mht
10. Took the phH meter apart to inspect the parts the can be hack or altered.
11. Start a colony of salt crystals and let sit in the sun.
12. Wire the Switch tail to the ardunio board.
13. Research the ardunio sound wave library in Ada fruit.
14. Reached out to Carlos for help with finding a way to manipulate the pH meter,
15. Crystal growth failed.  improved.
16. Found an SD that can be formated to FAT in order to use for the wave shield.
17. Wired the switch tail to the ardunio with the piezo sensor.
18. Wired the Piezo to the ardunio.
19. Programmmed the piezo sensor in Ardunio.
20. Format the music files for the wave shield.
21. Test the water levels with the water filter.
22. Attempt to work on the sketch for the wave shield.
23. Lower thresehole of vibrations restrictions so that my fish would not experience too much distrbance.
24. Program  the arduino to turn in the water filter and hold for 3 secomds and shut off.
25. Wired the switch tail to ardunio and is functioning.

Update on Progress

Teak on the current project:

Due to the time restrains, hacking into the pH meter is taking a lot more time than I had antiscipated. Also the salt crystals are not growing as fast enough or forming within the time frame as well. There were some  crystals forming  but not enough to that would work for my project. So, I am going to swith out the pH meter for a piezo sensor and the salt crystals for my Betta fish. The piezo sensor measures vibrations of the water, the vibrations is generated from the sound fo the wave shield with a pair of headsets that is placed over the fish tank. Once the vibrations reach the assigned threshold, the water filter that has fish food added to the devive, will turn on to feed the fish.

Challenges:

1. Writing the sketch for the Ph meter to sent a message to the Arduino.
2. Get a response for the Ardunio
3. Writing the sketch for the wave shield to play a sound.
4. Writing a sketch for the Arduino link to the filter to talk the Ardunio with the pH level when given a command.
5. Getting the filter tray to filter the salt water.
6. Getting the salt crystals to still grow during the process of filtering.
7. The art piece is suppose to demonstrate a sense of complexity of maintaining the seawater level to produce grow of crystals with the disturbance of filtering fresh water.

Progress:

1. Assemble my wave shield
2. Purchase and receive materials to begin with colonizing salt crystals
3. Experiment growth speed of crystals
4. Experiment motion senors that adapt with water.
5. Write a sketch for my wave shield
6. Search for a pH meter to hack.
7. Begin hacking the pH meter.
8. Find a filter that will leave in sodium in the water.
9. Looked up the functionality of the pH meter in order to manipulate the voltage of the "probe". C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\pH Meter, pH Meters, Hand Held & Benchtop pH Meters.mht
10. Took the phH meter apart to inspect the parts the can be hack or altered.
11. Start a colony of salt crystals and let sit in the sun.
12. Wire the Switch tail to the ardunio board.
13. Research the ardunio sound wave library in Ada fruit.
14. Reached out to Carlos for help with finding a way to manipulate the pH meter,
15. Crystal growth failed.improved.
16. Found an SD that can be formated to FAT in order to use for the wave shield.
17. Wired the switch tail to the ardunio with the piezo sensor.
18. Wired the Piezo to the ardunio.
19. Programmmed the piezo sensor in Ardunio.
20. Format the music files for the wave shield.
21. Test the water levels with the water filter.
22. Attempt to work on the sketch fo rthe wave shield.

Project Progress Update

Challenges:

1. Writing the sketch for the Ph meter to sent a message to  the Arduino.
2. Get a response for the Ardunio
3. Writing the sketch for the wave shield to play a sound.
4. Writing a sketch for the Arduino link to the filter to talk the Ardunio with the pH level when given a command.
5. Getting the filter tray to filter the salt water.
6. Getting the salt crystals to still grow during the process of filtering.
7. The art piece is suppose to demonstrate  a sense of complexity of maintaining  the seawater level to produce grow of crystals with the disturbance of filtering fresh water.

Progress:

1. Assemble my wave shield
2. Purchase and receive materials to begin with colonizing salt crystals
3. Experiment growth speed of crystals
4. Experiment motion senors that adapt with water.
5. Write a sketch for my wave shield
6. Search for a pH meter to hack.
7. Begin hacking the pH meter.
8. Find a filter that will leave in sodium in the water.
9. Looked up the functionality of the pH meter in order to manipulate the voltage of the "probe". C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\pH Meter, pH Meters, Hand Held & Benchtop pH Meters.mht
10. Took the phH meter apart to inspect the parts the can be hack or altered.
11. Start a colony of salt crystals and let sit in the sun.
12. Wire the Switch tail to the ardunio board.
13. Research the ardunio sound wave library in Ada fruit.
14. Reached out to Carlos for help  with finding a way to manipulate the pH meter,
15. Crystal growth failed.
16. Found an SD that can be formated to FAT inorder to use for the wave shiald.

Project Progress Update

Challenges:

1. Writing the sketch for the Ph meter to sent a message to  the Arduino.
2. Get a response for the Ardunio
3. Writing the sketch for the wave shield to play a sound.
4. Writing a sketch for the Arduino link to the filter to talk the Ardunio with the pH level when given a command.
5. Getting the filter tray to filter the salt water.
6. Getting the salt crystals to still grow during the process of filtering.
7. The art piece is suppose to demonstrate  a sense of complexity of maintaining  the seawater level to produce grow of crystals with the disturbance of filtering fresh water.

Progress:

1. Assemble my wave shield
2. Purchase and receive materials to begin with colonizing salt crystals
3. Experiment growth speed of crystals
4. Experiment motion senors that adapt with water.
5. Write a sketch for my wave shield
6. Search for a pH meter to hack.
7. Begin hacking the pH meter.
8. Find a filter that will leave in sodium in the water.
9. Looked up the functionality of the pH meter in order to manipulate the voltage of the "probe". C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\pH Meter, pH Meters, Hand Held & Benchtop pH Meters.mht
10. Took the phH meter apart to inspect the parts the can be hack or altered.
11. Start a colony of salt crystals and let sit in the sun.
12. Wire the Switch tail to the ardunio board.
13. Research the ardunio sound wave library in Ada fruit.

Final project

Theory:
I am going to attempt to build a system that instead of filtering the water from the fish back to it pH level, it will maintain the seawater level through a series of processes.

First the filter plugged in to a tail switch that will be connected to the Arduino board , which is programmed to turn off when the pH level of the salt water is being filter to balance out.

Second, the wave shield from another Arduino with play a sound when the Ph meter is back to the correct level and the water filter pump to turn back on.

Third, the salt crystals at the bottom of the water will maintain the salt water levels.
(I am still doing some experiences on what type of crystals is appropriate for this art piece.)

 Challenges:

1. Writing the sketch for the Ph meter to sent a message to  the Arduino.
2. Get a response for the Ardunio
3. Writing the sketch for the wave shield to play a sound.
4. Writing a sketch for the Arduino link to the filter to talk the Ardunio with the pH level when given a command.
5. Getting the filter tray to filter the salt water.
6. Getting the salt crystals to still grow during the process of filtering.
7. The art piece is suppose to demonstrate  a sense of complexity of maintaining  the seawater level to produce grow of crystals with the disturbance of filtering fresh water.

Progress:

1. Assemble my wave shield
2. Purchase and receive materials to begin with colonizing salt crystals
3. Experiment growth speed of crystals
4. Experiment motion senors that adapt with water.
5. Write a sketch for my wave shield
6. Search for a pH meter to hack.
7. Begin hacking the pH meter.
8. Find a filter that will leave in sodium in the water.

*Mapping for this project is still a work in progress.*

Progress

I finally finish my wave shield.