Monday, February 1

Daily Blog:

Today our task was to make lights light up using a gemma, and arduino.

We were supposed to figure out how to make something light up using the materials we were given. We started out by setting up our arduino. Then we we were to figure out a code through research or through the arduino software to figure out a light sequence.

Next we had to find a way to create power in the gemma board. Once we attached wires to the different channels on the gemma board, you get power. We then had to figure out how to upload our code to the gemma. To do this you needed to get a little red light on the gemma to flash and then you could upload.

This is when the issues came in. Whether it was the tinyusb was not connected or the code was not inserted correctly with the gemma. Almost everybody got stuck at this point in time with different setbacks to making the lights light. Next lesson the goal will be to troubleshoot the problems and to make the LED’s light-up.