Patterns Towards Da Future

Antero Garcia,
Reza Naima and
Greg Niemeyer (PI)

with Rhea Cortado,

Laura Greig, Nik Hanselmann,
Eric Kaltman, and Daye Rogers

Thanks, Dan and BAM

Black Cloud: Do not look

Orpheus and Eurydice

Black Cloud: Look
Five Virtues: Hyperlocal Data
Five Virtues: ARG Embodiment

With increasing maturity,

activity which does not give
back results of tangible and
visible achievement loses its
interest.

(John Dewey, Democracy

and Education 1916).

Play and games are “relief

from the tedium and strain of
‘regular’ school work."
Five Virtues: ARG Embodiment

Cloudy left the Building

Five Virtues: Pattern Mods
Five Virtues: All Ages
Five Interfaces: Pufftron
Five Interfaces: Pufftron Power
Common issue with protruding appendages...

Likewise...
Five Interfaces: Pufftron Power
PoE
48V over unused wires in cable
Aesthetic and practical benefits of only having one
connector
RJ45 Connector is robust

Linear Regulation (first version)

Heating Power = Current * Voltage Drop
ex: Cell Modem 2A * (9-3.8)V =10.4W of heat
Impractical for PoE at 48V
ex: 2A * (48-3.8)V = 88.4W of heat

Switching Regulator (MAX5090)

More complicated implementation
More supply noise
90+% efficient
 Five Senses: Light

Sunlight is the source of

all energy around here.
Light-dark cycle controls Vishay TEMPT 6000:
circadian rhythm small footprint, linear
Light pollution clouds the output, precise position,
night sky and disrupts the accuracy and precision are
circadian rhythm high
Overexposure to artificial
light has detrimental
health effects
Fixed
If you stay up late, keep the alignment
lights low. problem with
old light sensor
Five Senses: Temp. and Humidity

Temperature, to track
heat waves and global
warming
HVAC homeostasis
produces straight
temperature lines for
indoor sensors. Sensirion SHT-11: Digital
Outdoor sensors read Temperature and Humidity
distinct day-night cycles. Sensor, accuracy and
precision are high
A green aesthetic would
value the diurnal cycle over Precalibrated
homeostasis. 14-bit ADC
2-Wire Serial Interface
Five Senses: Noise

Noise pollution leads to

hearing loss dB (air pressure) sensor via
Great indicator of place microphone, accuracy is low,
and activity precision is moderate,
Easy to test on sensor calibration is poor, plenty of
interactively averaging, average of
Great data from maxima are more revealing
Zellerbach Hall and than plain averages.
Zellerbach Parking in
Berkeley.

A green aesthetic would

seek to lower baseline dB.
Five Senses: CO2
DCS 305e Sensor:
Laser CO2 absorption
Tomato Quintet type: accuracy is moderate and
CO2 from human breath, precision is high, device is
rotting plants, and calibrated but drifts over periods
combustion (cars, of two years and needs to be
industry, smoking) recalibrated, consumes much
concrete curing and power. Interface by pretending to
deep cleaning be LED driver.
Egypt, Russia, UAE
denied permissions to
sense and share

A green aesthetic promotes

data transparency.
 Five Senses: VOCs Figaro 2602
electrochemical VOC
sensor, broad range of
sensitivities, accuracy and
Volatile Organic precision are moderate,
Compounds include in but good enough to see
alcohol (beer!), methane, cycles of pollution and
tetrachloroethylene, regeneration.
solvents, paint
Dry cleaners observed
buildup over week,
decided to vent more, but
energy cost was too high.

A green aesthetic would

reduce frequency and
increase regeneration
Five Interfaces: Pufftron Comm.

Communication via SMS:

Telit GM862-Quad Cellular
Modem
Strange Interface (implement faux-
pushbuttons)
bursts to 2A of current consumption
when transmitting

TX: AT&T Unlimited SMS plan

RX: 25 * 60 * 24 * 31= 1.1 Million
Messages /Month Not viable for international
1. At $0.02 per SMS for gateway deployment because different
service: 1.1M*.02 = $22k/Month cell companies require custom
2. Or use AT&T SMS to email firmware and custom plans.
gateway (text to 111)
Backend: postfix -> procmail -> perl
script that populates DB
Five Interfaces: Pufftron Comm.

Communication via
Ethernet:
WizNet100SR Daughterboard
requires PoE RJ45 connector
with magnetics
Gets IP via DHCP
Connects to hardcoded Server
IP
Streams serial from
Microcontroller (AVR) to Next Steps:
remote server (176 line of Perl) Wifi! (ZeroG)
Server:
Accepts multiple
connections
gets data (querystring
format)
Five Senses: The Quiz
Five Interfaces: Database
Five Interfaces: Database
Five Interfaces: Database
Five Interfaces: Database
Five Interfaces: Community Stories
Five Interfaces: Community Stories
Five Interfaces: Community Stories
“A genuine community life does not
organize itself in an enduring way
purely spontaneously. It requires
thought and planning ahead. The
educator is responsible for a
knowledge of individuals and for a
knowledge of subject-matter that
will enable activities to be selected
which lend themselves to social
organization … and in which the
activities in which all participate are
the chief carrier of control”.

–John Dewey,
Experience and Education, 1938
Five Interfaces: Alternate Reality
Five Interfaces: Alternate Reality
Five Interfaces: Alternate Reality
Five Interfaces: Alternate Reality
Five Interfaces: Direct Action
Five Interfaces: Direct Action

“Gardening … need not be taught

either for the sake of preparing future
gardeners, or as an agreeable way
of passing time. It affords an avenue
of approach to knowledge of the
place and farming and horticulture
have had in the history of the race
and which they occupy in present
social organization”

–John Dewey
Democracy and Education, 1916
Five Virtues: Pattern Mod
To our Sponsors: Thanks
Counter-Narrative & Student Voice
Engineering Perspective

Power
Source : Battery, wall wart, PoE, Solar
Voltage regulation (Linear vs. Switching)
Physical power connector
Means of Remote Telemetry
Wired: Ethernet, USB, Serial
Wireless: Bluetooth, Zigbee, WiFi, Cellular
Local Display
LED's vs Screens
Sensors
Range, accuracy, precision
Calibration
Sensitivity
Interfacing
Power
Initial Implementation: Linear Regulation
HeatingPower = Current * Voltage Drop
ex: Cell Modem 2A * (9-3.8)V =10.4W of heat
Impractical for PoE at 48V
ex: 2A * (48-3.8)V = 88.4W of heat!!
Next version: Switching Regulator (MAX5090)
More complicated implementation
More supply noise
90+% efficient
Five Virtues: Ambient Display
Display

Easy to read from a

distance, but does not
draw too much attention
Matrix of LEDs requires
M+N I/O lines for MxN
LEDs
Interrupt routines
update LEDs