Shriya Rathi

Prelude

About me

Hi, I am Shriya, currently learning Industrial Design from Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology. I aspire to be a Product Designer and so I feel it is important to have learnt some basic information about electronics and technology. This thought of coming out from the comfort zone and learning science pulled me towards this course. Coming from a commerce background, I did not have good knowledge of physics. I knew I was entering the class with a blank mind hoping to learn how things work in the world of technology.

Introduction to basics

As the day started, we got introduced to the arduino software (works with C++ language) which can communicate with the arduino electronic plate and can interact with the things attached to it. To my understanding, the digital side is for the output and analog side is for the input.

Further, I looked closely to the basic things that can be attached to arduino, processed and had an outcome. We, in groups, touched our hands on LED (light emitting device), jumper wires, buzzer,LDR, bread board and played around by putting one leg on ground, one on the digital side, changing the values and getting different results. Learnt the functions of a bread board which is used for prototyping connections, potentio meter with three legs and soldering the connections. Sitting in a helped us share each other’s knowledge and mistakes.

= Projects

Touch me not monster

This piece was built using arduino uno, 2 servo motors and IR sensor. Being at a learner’s stage, I was trying to understand how 2 or more than 2 sensors and motors are connected together with respect to its coding. Learnt how to solder and worked on covering the wire structure. To hide the technical part, we connected the monster’s legs to the rotating fan of the servo motor and made the body using some colourful thick threads.