It took me a bit to get back into the physical computing mindset with 2 hours of troubleshooting Arduino IDE and my breadboard and digging through old PComp blogs from a year ago, I realized my microcontroller is a Nano 33 BLE sense not an 33 ioT! I utilized this resource to start off my code. It is a simple linear fade in and out then interrupted by a push button. I changed the speed by changing both the delay() and my fadeAmount in my code. Now lets curve this!

int led = 13; // the PWM pin the LED is attached to
int brightness = 0; // how bright the LED is
int fadeAmount = 5; // how many points to fade the LED by
// the setup routine runs once when you press reset:

void setup() {
   pinMode(led, OUTPUT);

   Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
   analogWrite(led, brightness);
 
   brightness = brightness + fadeAmount;

   if (brightness == 0 || brightness == 255) {
      fadeAmount = -fadeAmount ;
   }

   delay(30);
}

However I didn't have a lighter nor a candle at home, found a reference on YouTube ~ which I later then realize is unhelpful as I can't observe it in a space. How does once candle effect a dark room? A lit room with natural light? More candles? Candles in different places in the room? I hope to do this again this week prior to the next assignment to understand more the strength of a candle in various environments and conditions.

I realized this video didn't seem in a stable environment as the candles were being pushed by a wind, although there was not any information of where this was filmed and the full setting. A few characteristics that change of the flame itself is height, almost being pushed and pulled as it loses weight as it lengthens, angle, due to wind/environment, and speed of movement.

As they're in glasses, even more light reflects off the other candles and I almost cannot tell what is flickering off each other. Prior to watching this video I almost forgot candles do not flicker themselves, they are very still and constant source. However how it lights the room is what 'flickers'.

This video is much more still in an extremely dark, stable environment. Height shortens when it is burning more of the wick, and height lengthens when less (maybe need for more oxygen?) and the motion of swaying back and forth is minimal.

Time: July 15, 2021 1:30pm

Location: Hoyt-Schermerhorn St exit off the Subway

The street is facing south and the sun is giving light mid-day, giving a strong source of light. The reflections from the frosted, textured, tiled windows are at a slight angle (Higher Luminous Intensity). I thought the reflections were beautiful and thought of water streaming down the wall. As the reflections head towards the inside, the light gets more pulled and stretched. The additional industrial light is also warm, not taking away from the scene. This scene was very warm per the usual colder, harder lights used in the subway. With the decorated natural light, the warm industrial light, the mirror was a nice last part of this soft scene.