A strength I have is that I can be very precise when it comes to measuring and fabricating my design. 

An area of improvement for me is my sketching and drawing skills. 

1: Take many photos from different angles. 

2: Make sure to upload everything on time.

3: Explain what is happening in the picture along with what is not shown in the picture. 

My partner for the activity was Sarah. Our first idea was to design a circuit board in the shape of a citrus slice. We then thought of making a swedish fish which brought us to deciding on a penguin design. (The one on the right)

Making the circuit board design, I learned that it is very important to make sure that all of your parts are connected and will not interfere with each other. We originally had our battery holder in a place which made it impossible to put a battery in but we changed it after finding the issue. I also learned that drawing shapes in Eagle is very difficult so Rhino is the way to go. 

The schematic was simple to complete. I learned that it is important to be very detailed when it comes to making sure that you are using the right type of parts and that they are all properly connected. 

Here are some of my design sketches for my speaker. My three favorite are:

1. Yin-yang split design.

2. Box with dragon design on the front that kind of resembles yin-yang.

3. Ping pong paddle with light up ping pong ball. 

The design is like the yin-yang symbol. I was originally going to have the sides be round but that was too difficult. Then I switched it to a hexagon which also proved to be too hard when making the joints and now decided on a rectangle. I will also be adding feet and a sound dial on the top of the box. 

I learned that the box behind my yin-yang is very large and noticeable. I'm thinking about changing the size of my box that houses my circuits to be a little bit smaller or slimmer. 

Something I learned was to follow both the schematic and pictures. The pictures might not clearly show where all the parts go but helps you to visualize the board. The schematic shows exactly where to connect the circuit but not a visualization of the pieces on the board. I think that building the circuit on the breadboard first helps us understand the circuit instead of just following the instructions for soldering our boards. 

I worked with Catarina and made the display shows different colors in each quadrant. 

My partner was Rajiv and we put a picture of Kung Fu Panda on the screen. Code: https://gist.github.com/QuincyLee2025/287270381341ff3a51f941672b5c247b 

I just want to make a simple clock using the Feather M4 Express Real Time Clock. I am imagining just a small wood enclosure with curved edges made by making small cuts in mdf to bend it. I also will put on little wood or 3D printed feet on the bottom. I think that it will work well on my table since I don't have a clock there yet.

Partner: Sarah

Made a penguin. 

This is a picture of my speakers after being soldered to the circuit board. All the components of the circuit have also been soldered on. 

I just have to glue a couple pieces together and try and stuff the battery pack and circuits into my box that I made way too small. I plan to finish during next class. I also just realized that I need to 3D print feet and will try to do that next semester if possible. There is no time this semester for me to do that. 

I made a yin-yang speaker design with a bamboo enclosure to house the speakers and circuit. I think that I am most satisfied with my amplifier enclosure because I think it looks really cool. If I was to start over, I think that I would try to engrave a design on. the acrylic or make a more sophisticated bamboo box part. I will take the ideation lesson and drawing many ideas when I continue to work on future projects.