I kept running into issues with the capacitive sensors not providing readings that were stable enough at full-scale.Įverything would start off just fine, but then the sensors would randomly detect things when nothing was there and sometimes the sensors would trigger their neighbors. It was build - test - build - test - eat. I didn't get much sleep during that time. The month leading up to burning man was a mad dash to finish the floor (and, you know, keep a day job). So, you're probably wondering, how'd it go? Wow, it's been awhile since I've posted an update. Until then, more manually assembled boards and testing.
If everything goes well, we'll have a full-size working dance floor and an awesome party in the desert. So in about 3 weeks I should have about 100 boards at my door step. So I checked everything I could and at about 3am held my breath, closed my eyes, pressed the order button and went to bed. Unfortunately, with Burning Man about a month and a half way, I need to get the order in.
Ideally, at this point, I would have time to test the boards with the new capacitors and make sure this is a solid option. The great news is the touch sensors still seem to be working well! The less great news is that sometimes they are a bit over sensitive.Īfter tweaking a bunch of variables, it seemed that reducing the sampling capacitor from 22nF to 10nF makes tuning the sensitivity much easier.
#DISCO FLOOR SERIES#
I had been building a series of boards by hand and by the time the test board came in, it was time for more full-scale testing. Time to put in the production order.almost. It was delivered right on time and was simply perfect.Īfter running it through a series of tests, all functions appeared to be working. This is a new PCB manufacturing and assembly company and I was a little apprehensive so about 3 weeks ago I ordered a single test board. This year I'm using MacroFab to do the manufacturing of the boards.
#DISCO FLOOR FULL#
Last week was a pretty big week - I put in the full production order of 100 circuit boards to MacroFab!!! Test Boards If you're out at burning man, come find me at The Future (5:15 & D). This was the goal I had 2 years ago, and it's finally coming together! A few squares are a little too sensitive, but that can be tweaked in the software. So I'm still a big fan of Macro Fab.)Ī weekend of soldering and assembling and I had a full working dance floor! So far, the touch sensors are working pretty well. (Even though there was a mistake, I was really impressed with their customer service and how hard they worked to keep me happy. The good news is that, once I was in a rhythm, the part only took about 30 seconds to add to each board. I emailed MacroFab and they bent over backwards to make up for the missing part.
Last Friday they arrived and it was beautiful!Īlthough, there was one problem.the blade connector for the touch sensor was missing from each board (the empty hole to the left of the Atmega chip). In my last post, I had put in my production order with MacroFab and was waiting for the boards to come in. Quick Demo: & amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp lt span id="selection-marker-1" class="redactor-selection-marker" data-verified="redactor"& amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp gt & amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp lt /span& amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp gt The Final Production If you're on the playa, you can see it at 5:15 & D at The Future camp. TL DR I'm packing up the floor and heading out to Burning Man with it on Wenesday, August 26th.
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