Week 9

For this week group 6 continued to work on the project to prepare for their performance that was two days later. The team had completed everything. This included the coding of the arduinos and the mechanical set-up of the arduinos onto the melodica as well as the connection of the air tank to the melodica and how to control the air pressure of it going into the melodica. Group 6 also figured out how to refill the air tank with air. The group once again purchased the necessary parts to make this happen. Two days later was the performance. On this day, group 6 gathered their materials to the black box theatre. Afterwards they had everything set-up. When the group was trying to refill the tank, they realized they purchased a wrong part so it did not connect to the compressor. A team member from group 6 had then rushed over to the nearest hardware store to find to perfect part. When this teammate came back the air tank was filled up with air again and that issue was resolved. Shortly after, group 6 noticed they needed someone to open the valve of the air tank. This was due to the fact that the air in the tank only lasts for about two minutes and group 6 does not play their part until near the end of the song. Thus, they had one of their members hide under a table with the air tank so it will be turned on when needed. With this issue resolved, the performance went very well.