Sea Turtle Movement: This video gives a very up close view of how sea turtles behave on the beach, which is what we will be mirrored during the presentation of our device.
Different Mechanisms: These tutorials provide a very basic overview of the different mechanical mechanisms that exist, and these were very insightful in exploring what to implement into our device.
Computer Programming: The movement of our device is going to be powered through the workings of a servo, and that is controlled through a micro-controller.
We talk to the servo controller via serial communications:
Serial communications can be thought of as talking via morse code.
You send bytes one at a time to a device. This device will have a certain reaction to a certain byte or byte sequence (a series of bytes)
Useful to know. Binary numbers and hexadecimal numbers
Sections labeled “What is Serial”, “Bits and Bytes” and “A familiar friend?” are useful reads to understand serial communications (I’ll try to find a better one)
Section labeled “What is Serial?” is another useful read
Soldering: This video below provides great insight into the process of soldering two components together:
Paper Mache: This tutorial provides an overview of paper macheing, which is how we are creating the shell of our turtle. We will be using newspaper, paste, and a flour to make our paste.
Paper Mache: This tutorial provides an overview of paper macheing, which is how we are creating the shell of our turtle. We will be using newspaper, paste, and a flour to make our paste.
Using Balloons in Paper Mache: This second tutorial about paper mache is about using balloons as bases, which is how we will be constructing our shell.
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