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1/17/17 - Hunter and I have decided to construct a Lumio book lamp for our big project. Hunter will be working on the material, paper, construction aspects while I will be working on the electronic, circuit, programming aspects. Our inspiration was Mr. Dsigns because he showed us the real Lumio product. We are attempting to recreate the actual product with possibly a few minor differences. Here is the video that inspired us to do this project, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heWZJ9Hfr5Y
1/20/17 - I looked over several sites to get a rough understanding of how circuits work. I found out that the circuit that I will be making will definitely need copper tape and a battery. I will also need LED lights.
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/the-great-big-guide-to-paper-circuits#powering-your-project
http://highlowtech.org/?p=2505
1/24/17 - Mr. D told me to look at how Music greeting card circuits work. So, I'm doing research on that. I am investigating what I need to buy and how I need to set it up in our lumio.
1/28/17 & 2/2/17 - I put together a prototype over the span of these two classes. The prototype has one battery, 6 led lights, copper tape, and a sliding mechanism that allows it to turn on when opened and off when closed. After soldering the lights down to the copper tape and finishing up the circuit-activation mechanism, I discovered a tear in the copper tape. This tear would cause me to have to scrap portions of the prototype and do them again, which would be too time-costly, so I won't be able to see the prototype work properly in the circuit aspects. Luckily, the sliding mechanism works phenomenally well. It slides on to the copper tape when opened and off the copper tape when closed triggering it to turn off. Here's a picture of the tear.
There's a video of the functioning prototype sliding mechanism titled "prototype mechanism works" in the attachment area.
2/6/17 & 2/7/17 - I put another prototype together because Hunter was not there. I laid out my design for the copper tape first, and I did that all correctly. But then, I soldered my circuits on wrong (I had some circle pairs touching the positives and some touching negatives). Mr.D informed me of this mistake and he told me to re-solder. I am on my way to re-soldering next class.
2/9/17 - I finished my phone stand after a few prototypes and screw ups. My first prototype, couldn't hold the phone without it getting crushed. My second prototype did the same thing, just a little slower. I cut it out on wood for the final. It didn't work at first, so I stuck the cut out circles under the stand, and it stood up perfectly. I also themed my phone stand after a stop light! :)
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