Here it is installed again:
Improvements:
- Circuitry Enclosure
- We cleaned up a lot of the wiring, and got the Arduino and other components into our plastic project enclosure.
- Foil Stickers
- We made foil 'play' and 'record' stickers out of contact (shelf-liner) paper and our trusted friend, aluminum foil (the contact paper costs about $4.50 per roll).
- Speaker Enclosure
- Like the Arduino, the speaker/mic got its own box - made out of foam core - for a much cleaner look.
- Power Supply
- Everything runs on 2 9V batteries so it's very portable.
And here it is in use... what a flirt!
Still to do:
- Stickers/foil refinement
- We need to find something that's a little stickier. We're thinking the vinyl graphics that the print shop offers will be a good place to start. We also need to work on our graphics. While we're running foil behind the sticker, it might as well also replace the wiring so that can be flat too.
- Conductive paint test
- We still want to see how this works with conductive paint. This is related to the next point...
- System Integration/Armature Fabrication
- We're thinking that whether we install this in a public place for a while, or just for our presentation, we'll make a roughly 2'x3' (or slightly bigger) panel that can hang on a wall, and provide a flush smooth surface so all you see are the graphics and the little microphone/speaker.
- Amplification/Component Separation
- We will try a quick feasibility check to see what it would take to amplify the range of the microphone and speaker, especially if there could be a cheap and simple swap-out for our current recording module.
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