Living Architecture Spring 2008 Columbia

1 microcontroller –
2 output using 2 relays on one breadboard we were able to control 2 outputs:

light and flexinol:

2 flexinol wires:

using the flexinol to generate movement on our mirrored surface:

for more stability we created a support system with a slit.
the slit would act as a track to guide the flexinol wire while the mirrored surface would rest on top of the support system to maximize contract and gradate the effect.
unfortunately, before this last step could be tested the flexinol wire burnt out.
although we had not changed any wiring or input data, each times we hooked the flexinol wire to the microcontroller it ‘cooked’ – [it gave one big movement, smoked, and stopped working.]
after ‘cooking’ 3 new pieces of flexinol wire we were still unsure what was causing the wire to overheat.

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