Stupefy

Inspiration

I love harry potter and it's almost spooky season

What it does

The "wand" activates and lights up when swished a certain way (like you're casting a spell)

How we built it

Arduino hardware and IDE was used to prototype the "wand." A gyroscope/accelerometer sensor was used for gesture control. A "swishing" profile was created, tested, and refined using the acceleration data from the x-direction on the sensor. I initially wanted to use multiple sets of data (like the gyroscope data about the z direction) to create a profile that's really accurate, but it was too complex and the Ax data actually worked pretty well

Challenges we ran into

I initially wanted to use my actual Harry Potter wand to interact with an IR sensor but I didn't realize the wand has no electronics in it, and it just had a reflector on its end. In order to use the IR sensor I have I needed an IR light as well I also wanted to create two wands so two people could duel but I ran out of time. I also wanted to prototype a basic dueling game using leds and a timed countdown but ran out of time.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I'm really happy with the gesture control/ "swishing" motion profile, and I think it's pretty accurate

What we learned

I learned more about IR sensors I learned how to code and test gesture control with an accelerometer/gyroscope

What's next for Stupefy

Continuing work on the game play code so two people can play the game Creating another wand so two wizards can battle Updating the wands to connect and battle via IOT arduinos

Built With

• arduino