Frequently Asked Questions
1. What exactly are visual processing skills and how important are they?
Visual processing is how our brain interprets the world around us. They develop when we are children but when a child is behind in the development of visual processing skills learning can take longer, requiring more cognitive effort that slows down the learning process.
2. What platform was this coded on?
This project was coded on Arduino software
3. Why was an Arduino Mega used over an Arduino Uno?
We used an Arduino Mega board rather than an Arduino Uno to accommodate for the large number of digital pins needed. The Arduino Uno simply didn't have enough.
4. What is the purpose of the additional breadboard?
Since there are only 4 voltage pins and we needed 5, a small additional breadboard was to connect 2 parts to one voltage.
5. Why did you choose to use Green for all of the lights in Level 1?
Encoding white light on RGBs is difficult because it involves coding for multiple colors at once since white light is a combination of all colors (this is why diffracting white light through a prism will give you a rainbow). However, we needed uniformity for all of the lights to distinguish between level 1 and level 2. Therefore, we chose green to represent the randomized tile because it is the brightest of the three colors.
6. Why are the color sensor lights always on?
If the sensor is on, the lights are on. The light helps the sensor read the color of the block when it covers the sensor and doesn't allow ambient light to get through.
7. What is the Stroop Effect?
The Stroop Effect is based on a study where the subjects were asked to say what color a word was written in while the word itself is another color. Doing this typically slows down the subject's processing speeds because of the multiple visual inputs. Try it for yourself!
1. What exactly are visual processing skills and how important are they?
Visual processing is how our brain interprets the world around us. They develop when we are children but when a child is behind in the development of visual processing skills learning can take longer, requiring more cognitive effort that slows down the learning process.
2. What platform was this coded on?
This project was coded on Arduino software
3. Why was an Arduino Mega used over an Arduino Uno?
We used an Arduino Mega board rather than an Arduino Uno to accommodate for the large number of digital pins needed. The Arduino Uno simply didn't have enough.
4. What is the purpose of the additional breadboard?
Since there are only 4 voltage pins and we needed 5, a small additional breadboard was to connect 2 parts to one voltage.
5. Why did you choose to use Green for all of the lights in Level 1?
Encoding white light on RGBs is difficult because it involves coding for multiple colors at once since white light is a combination of all colors (this is why diffracting white light through a prism will give you a rainbow). However, we needed uniformity for all of the lights to distinguish between level 1 and level 2. Therefore, we chose green to represent the randomized tile because it is the brightest of the three colors.
6. Why are the color sensor lights always on?
If the sensor is on, the lights are on. The light helps the sensor read the color of the block when it covers the sensor and doesn't allow ambient light to get through.
7. What is the Stroop Effect?
The Stroop Effect is based on a study where the subjects were asked to say what color a word was written in while the word itself is another color. Doing this typically slows down the subject's processing speeds because of the multiple visual inputs. Try it for yourself!
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