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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

MIDI Controlled Muscle Wire - Duke Nukem Dancing Marker - Hackaday.io

Here's a Cool Project to try out. I found it on, Hackaday.io. Check out electrotinkerer's Videos on YouTube and the Related links too...

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Hack - Marker dancing to Duke Nukem (MIDI controlled muscle wire)


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Duke Nukem Dancing Marker - MIDI Muscle Wire

Muscle wire powered realtime motion, controlled by MIDI,
Silent motion, synchronized to MIDI music

Look ! This marker is dancing to the Duke Nukem theme !


How was it done ??

Well it started with me buying some flexinol (muscle wire) to experiment :

So first I explored the use of this Flexinol as an actuator :

The 'muscle wire' contracts when running current through it (due to heating up). The wire expands again when cooling down. This motion is completely quiet, so I think it will be an excellent actuator for audio/midi related animation experiments.

This is the type of wire I am using :
Flexinol Wire Diameter : 0.05mm
Activation temperature : 70 dec C
Resistance : 510 ohm/m

And this is my first test setup, I experimentally tested several currents for good response time :

Tested wire length : 8cm
Resistance : 510 ohm/m = 40 ohm for 8cm
Applied Voltage : 5Volt
Resulting maximum current : 125mA


Read More...
https://hackaday.io/project/8870-duke-nukem-dancing-marker-midi-muscle-wire


Flexinol Muscle Wire - simple test at 5V


Marker dancing to Duke Nukem, Take 2 (MIDI controlled muscle wire)

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