11/14

Today is Sunday, and the project is due tomorrow. The final step in the project is just to put it all together. We have the code written for the arduino, the motion sensor is working, the wave shield is connected to the arduino and allows the arduino to play the sound file for our project. everything is working good. a problem we ran into however is our enclosure that we planned on using is too small for all of our components. To fix this, we decided to buy a bird house and put our components in that. the speaker we are using came from one of the computer speakers in Resnick at Josh's work station. with everything enclosed, we realized that it just isn't loud enough. With some purchased IC chips from Radioshack, Josh and I started working on an Audio Amplifier. However with the numerous attempts, it seems that the output that goes to the speaker is just too much for the speaker to handle. We have to present our project with a power point that has the audio file included so we can play it through the classroom speakers. Emily and Kelly worked hard to finish the power point and to paint the bird house. They did an awesome job!