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Strength and Growth:

An area of strength for me is my creativity and imagination for projects we do in classes. An area of growth is making sure that the final product I turn in has been something I looked over multiple times for flaws.

Commitments:

Turn in clear photos that show documentation
Write clear and concise descriptions of what occurred during the documentation
Making sure to document consistently so there are no major gaps in the timeline of projects

10 Ideation Drawings

These are the ten drawing that we did in class. The first design I circled is a boombox with the middle part turned into acrylic so that you can see the circuits inside. The second design is a retro T.V. with the speakers on the front and some switches to turn them on and off on the side. The third design is an obelisk with both speakers placed vertically. At the top of the obelisk instead of wood, there is acrylic so that you can see inside of the speaker.

Phase 2 Design Drawing

Retro T.V. with grey acrylic as the screen. I might try to design cracks into the acrylic so that the screen isn't boring. I choose this design because it was possible to build but not too boring.

Flat Layout

Perspective

Cardbord Prototype

Finished Breadbord

Something I learned during this process was using the schematics to create the breadboard. As we went through process, I got better at understanding the different symbols and what they meant.

Python Challenge

This was our first attempt at writing a list of names and it worked successfully. However, it was a tedious process and Mr. Kleindolph challenged Atticus and I to write a condensed code that did the same thing.

Python Challenge

This was the second code that we were not able to figure out. Mr. Kleindolph eventually just wrote out the answer for us.

PCB Schematic

This is the schematic for the PCB that Sarah and I worked on. It was a fairly simple process as all we had to do was follow the schematic given to us. The red is actual parts on the PCB and the green is the wiring that connects it all.

PCB Design

Sarah and I decided to go for the standard PCB design since Sarah has a difficult speaker design to build. The only change we made was the addition of the phrase "blood, sweat and tears" onto the design.

Microcontroller

We made each fourth of the microcontroller light up in different colors. I worked with Ava and we messed around with the code Mr. Kleindolph made to make this happen.

Code

Microcontroller #2

Tanish and I worked together to make the screen on the microcontroller show time. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to switch the clock out of military time and we didn't have enough time to switch the date on top.

Digital Aspect

For my project I was thinking of using the circuit playground to have the lights going around in a circle. The circuit playground would be placed behind the acrylic so that it looks like the t.v. screen is loading.

Unsoldered Circuit Board

Shaped Circuit Board

I was out sick with Covid while we were working on this project.

Soldered Amp Circuit

This is the circuit that connects my speakers to bluetooth. Something that may be different on my circuit board is the volume control. I bypassed it because I can change the volume on my phone.

Enclosure Process

I need to finish the digital aspect of this project then I can finish the enclosure. I hopefully be done with the code by class on Monday and after that I can put everything together to see how it looks.

Final Enclosure

What did you make?

I made a speaker that was supposed to look like a broken T.V

Thinking about the work you created, what are you most satisfied with this semester?

I am most satisfied with how the acrylic turned out. The engraving of the cracks looked pretty good

If you were to start over, knowing what you know, what would I do differently?

I would make sure that my rhino design can successfully incorporate everything in the design

What is a lesson from this class that you will take with you and use in future projects?

In the future I will make sure to challenge myself a bit more because this wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be

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