Electrical

Draw an image on the touchscreen, or upload a vector image of your choice, which will be transmitted to the network of microcontrollers.

Code

Our code pipeline will read the touchscreen input, process it into a usable vector image, and transmit the result to the pan-tilt servo mechanism.

Mechanical

The servo-mirror mechanism will reflect a UV laser onto the phosphorescent sphere, displaying your image on the spherical surface.

So, how does it work?

Check out the system

Sprint 1

During the first sprint, we focused on researching and scoping the project. We found early on that there have not been a lot of interactive laser...

Sprint 2

During the second sprint, we did further work on the pan-tilt mechanism and the touchscreen. We purchased an adapter for the touchscreen, which allowed us...

Sprint 3

During sprint three, we redesigned the pan-tilt mechanism, refined the touchscreen input, and created a safety mechanism for the laser. The new...

Sprint 4

We used sprint four to finish everything for the minimum viable product and key extensions. The entire mechanical subsystem including the...