Synchronized Electronic Fireflies

A site dedicated to the creation of nine electronic fireflies that emulate

their natural counterpart and synchronize with each other

Design Project Team Members (Spring, 2004)

• Jason Byerly byerly.11@osu.edu
• Chia-Yi Chang chang.441@osu.edu
• Ting-Hsiang Chuang chuang.67@osu.edu
• Chris Slattery slattery.30@osu.edu

Advisors

• Kevin Passino passino@ece.osu.edu Professor
• Alvaro Gil gila@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu Post Doctoral Researcher
• Nicanor Quijano quijano.2@osu.edu Graduate Research Associate

Background, Firefly Info, Synchronization Info

• The Real Life Motivation (article on fireflies synchronizing in N. America) 
• Everything you wanted to know about fireflies (site sponsored by the Museum of Biological Diversity at The Ohio State University) 
• Why Care? (article on spontaneous synchronization)

Building Our Electronic Version of the Backyard Wonder

• Electronic Design Motivation (article containing design used for our construction)
• Project Report
• Report Manual
• Parts used to create fireflies (including points of purchase)
• Professor Passino's Webpage

Pictures Movies Simulations and Code

• Pictures of Electronic Fireflies
• Footage of 9 Firefly Array beginning to Synchronize
• Footage of 9 Firefly Array Synchronizing, being disturbed and Resynchronizing
• Download mpegwrite.m
• 3 Firefly Movie
• Matlab code for 3 Firefly Movie
• Text file of 3 Firefly Movie
• 4 Firefly Movie
• Matlab code for 4 Firefly Movie
• Text file of 4 Firefly Movie

Challenges: Mathematical modeling and stability anlaysis of distributed synchronization.