Module 2 Activity Research

Weekly Activity Template

Rayne Eckersall

Project 2

Module 2

In this module I researched and solidified my prototype concept further through a series of weekly activities and external research.

Workshop 1 Geurilla Prototyping I

Following the youtube tutorial we cut out all the pieces we needed and started by gluing on the triangle sides. This is the prototype with both sides glued on. We added the back support and the shelf for the phone to sit on. To improve the design we added a base to it to make it more sturdy. This is the final prototype with a phone sitting in it.

Workshop 2 Geurilla Prototyping II

In guerilla prototyping II I explored possible project paths and chose this one. This is the homepage of my working prototype concept. This is the screen to add new plants to the homepage. When you click on a plant to add you have to name it and give it a plant type This is the screen with the new plant added This screen shows more information about the plants health

Activity 1: My Resarch

I started my research by plugging in the light sensor and testing its functionality on its own. I then connected the soil moisture sensor to the Arduino I tested out the soil moisture sensor and light sensor together. I then moved on to editing my prototype in ProtoPie and creating variables and interactions so it would read the data from the Arduino. The thirst and sun bars change width depending on the data being read from the Arduino.

Activity 2: My Reearch

I started by creating a bunch of facial expressions for the plants I wanted in my prototype. For my test I just went with one plant type. I then used ChatGpt to determine what soil moisture and sun levels would equal good health, moderate health and poor health. i didn't just want the faces to change depending on how much sun and water the plants got because that does not reflect real plant health. I created variables and conditionals in protopie so that the plant face would change depending on the numbers from the Arduino. This is the external view of me testing it with my hands. I triggered the resistor on the light sensor to quickly give the illusion of more or less light for my test and I used my hands on the soil moisture sensor to do the same thing so I could test my prototype right away. This is a screen recording of the plants faces changing depending on the data from the Arduino

Additional Research or Workshops

I followed a soil moisture sensor video on YouTube to learn more about the sensor. I also followed a light sensor tutorial to learn more about that sensor. I solidifed the design inspiration for my prototype I created mid fidelity wireframes for my prototype. These will be the colours I develop my high fidelity wireframes with.

Project 2

Project 2 Prototype

This is my mid fidelity working prototype. Next steps include adding colour and displaying more plants with their data.

The mid fidelity functionality of my app prototype The current functionality of my prototype with the Arduino data Another view of the working prototype showing how data from the Arduino changes the appearance of the data.
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