Nikolai Varnavski

I feel like one of my strengths is being able to think of good ideas. I am able to sketch out what I want to do and complete the full planning process. An area of growth for me is my ability to create a plan and complete it in the best way possible. I often know what I want to do, but don't know how to acomplish what I want done. This leads to a lot of mistakes that I feel could have been easily avoided.

I commit to keeping my page neet and organized into sections so that I can see all my work in one place. I also commit to uploading progress pictures of my work as I go so that I can document the process as well as the final product. I commit to taking my time to get all the right angles when photographing my work. It is very important to see all sides of both progress photos as well as the final product so that I can document the whole project.

PCB DESIGN

Me and Lance designed our circuit board as a Gru outline. We plan to do the majority of our LED's in the body because it is a larger space to work with. We may also have some LED's in the head to simulate eyes.

In this process I learned how to use Eagle and how to create a schematic. Me and my partner found a few issues, but were able to perservere and fully understand how to create a final product we liked.

I chose this design because it seems like a clean design that I can perfect. I value this over going for something ambitious, and not finishing or doing a sloppy job. I feel like the wood choice combined with my idea for where to place a light will make for a good final product.

Final Breadboard

Throughout the process of breadboarding I learned how to read and understand which part connects to what without using the photo. This is really important because once I understand it, it's much easier to build the breadboard.

Schematic

Here is the schematic made by me and Elli. Nothing extra was added, just the original design.

Final Board design

Our final board design also doesn't have anything special, but we desided our color will be purple.

Microcontroller

Me and Tessa worked on this microcontroller together. We made the lights different colors, as well as making them change as they go across the board. For most of the class we were trying to master the basics such as making a specific light a certain color.

Microcontroller pt. 2

Me and Bruno worked on the microcontroller together and were able to make it write different things. In this photo we made it write hi with a smiley face. We also made it write our names.

Digital project idea

My idea for my digital project is lights that are triggered by sound. The louder the music, the more lights will pop up. I am still finalizing the colors and sensitivity, but this is my idea.

Soldered amp circuit

Here is my finished soldered amplifier circuit which is attached to my speakers

Enclosure progress

I have laser cut the pieces I need to finish my enclosure. The first step will be to screw the speakers into the holes I created for them. I will want to make sure I have all the components of the speaker inside the enclosure. I plan to use the last few class periods to finish glueing the outside.

Final amp design

For my final project I made a pretty simple design. I didn't want to make it too complicated so I could finish the whole thing. I am most proud that I was able to finish all parts of the amp because in past classes I wasn't able to do so. If I were to start again, I would plan out the exterior and take my time more with that process because it felt a little rushed in the last few classes and could have been better. A lesson I learned is to plan out what I am going to do and to complete each step in an organized way.

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