Red Light, Green Light (Sunflower Edition)

Navigate the Colors, Master the Moves: Red Light, Green Light. The Sunflower Awaits!

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our flower :3

Inspiration: Squid Game; To encourage the youth to go outside and "touch grass".

What it does: The Sunflower moves with a servo that has a 3d printed head with a lidar distance sensor. We also added a motion sensor, button (to stop the game), MP3 with SD card that plays snippets of audio from the Squid Game TV show, and a red and green LED to indicate the player to proceed or stay.

How we built it: The Sunflower moves with a servo that has a 3d printed head with a lidar distance sensor. We also added a motion sensor, a button (to stop the game), an MP3 with a SD card that plays snippets of audio from the Squid Game TV show, and a red and green LED to indicate the player to proceed or stay, two Arduino Nanos and two breadboards. AND LOTS AND LOTS OF WRITTEN CODE (in C++).

Challenges we ran into: The circuitry was an issue in the beginning. Also the whole time, we had issues writing compilable code. There was also an issue, at one point with the 3D-printed sunflower head due to the filament getting jammed.

Accomplishments that we're proud of: We overcame several coding and circuitry problems that we spent hours on. We are also proud of how great the Sunflower looks as well with there being a dilemma with the filament.

What we learned: Patience & Perseverance. We also learned that GitHub, Google, and Youtube are our best friends (especially for Electrical Engineering & Computer Science problems). We learned the hard way but sleep is VERY important (we are all so tired while writing this project story).

What's next for Red Light, Green Light (Sunflower Edition): Debugging, calibration, upgraded parts, and MORE CODE.

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I worked on writing C++ code and the circuitry for MP3 function of the Sunflower. Assistant artist. I also wrote for the project on DEVPOST.

ginggongging c
I worked on the center of the sunflower using Autodesk Inventor and by 3d printing the part. I also helped on cutting out and gluing the decorations, such as the petals, leaves, and stem.

Beamer One
I worked on coding the PIR Motion sensor/ Laser Pointer functions using Object-Oriented Programming in Addition C++. I found it quite challenging yet I learned how to apply more advanced addition techniques in my part.

Ethan Nguyen
CS @ UCI '27
I worked on the circuit power distribution of components. I help with design of sunflower cutting, integrating hardware, pseudocode, and resources to the project.

Jose Roque
I worked on most of the code for the sunflower. And also worked in the circuitry of most of its components. Organizing, debugging and implementing the main logic for all the components. It was a hard task but it helped me enormously to learn and feel more comfortable with object oriented programming in c++ and the design of circuits.

Antony Bárcenas Ortega

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ginggongging c started this project — Jan 14, 2024 11:39 AM EST

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