As computing becomes more ubiquitous in our objects, designers need to be more aware of how to design meaningful interactions into electronically enhanced objects. At the University of Washington, a class of junior Interaction Design majors is exploring this question. These pages chronicle their efforts.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Stepper Testing

Looking into different ways to create the phone lifting mechanism we wanted to test different types of motors. Having successfully tested with a servo and noticing the reduced lifting power of the mini servo we purchased a breakout board for running a more powerful stepper motor. Connecting and soldering the breakout was a breeze and with an expansive library for controlling the motor we were up and rotating. 
Breakout setup.



Doing further testing we found that while more powerful the stepper was more difficult programing the type of phone lifting/dropping we were hoping for. Next step: purchasing a full size servo!
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