Holograms at Home

Description

Team members

• Kevin Kim
• Hyunseok Choi
• TA: William Luer

Project Overview

We are attempting to create a spinning LED display capable of displaying 3D objects from all directions on a cylindrical shape. Our display can include basic shapes such as cubes, tetrahedrons, and spheres. Finally, our display will be able to animate such shapes.

Objectives

1. Design a mechanically robust device that will house the components including Arduino, batteries, and LEDs.
2. Position each component so the device is capable of displaying basic 3D objects on a cylindrical volume
3. Develop an algorithm to control when each LED turns on and off during the display cycle

Challenges

• Having a mechanical design that has a center of mass around the axis of rotation
• Mount the device on a motor
• Build a device so the wires are not entangled while device is spinning
• Wire connections do not break while device is spinning
• Ensure that device spins at constant rate
• Determine ideal rpm for device for visual display
• Mounting battery and Arduino on the spinning portion of the device
• Mounting Frame unto the motor

Budget

• Arduino Mega: $0 - provided
• Arduino Redboard: $0 - provided
• Motor Controller (Dual Step motor Shield 1.1) & power supply: $0 - provided
• Electrical Tape: $0 - provided
• Insulated Copper Wires: $0 - provided
• Stepper Motor[17hs13-0404s]: $0 - provided
• Hot glue: $0 - provided
• Soldering Tools: $0 - provided
• 3D Printing material and 3D Printer: $0 - provided
• D batteries: $8.79 link denied by spam filter
• Battery holder: $4.10 link denied by spam filter
• LED strips x3: $29.95 x 3 = $89.85 [1]
• Hall Effect Sensor $9.99 [2]
• N52 Neodymium magnets - $11.98 [3]

Total: $124.71

Gantt Chart