A Design & Engineering strength of mine is that I really enjoy just diving into things and figuring them out as I go. An area for growth is that I'm not super organized and I could put in some effort to make sure my projects look clean.
Three things I want to commit to in the documentation of my learning and projects are:
Keeping my page organized and clean looking.
Taking well-lit and clean photos.
Documenting all of the things I do/make.
On the left is a circuit that switches between powering a series circuit and a parallel circuit that is currently on a series circuit.
On the right is a parallel circuit.
Shown is a capacitance circuit that switches between powering a capacitor and the capacitor powering 2 LEDs.
These are some ideas me and my partner came up with.
These are the works I did for the PCB Design Worksheet.
Eagle designs for the portable PCB and final printed and soldered PCB.
Sketches for the speaker enclosure.
This is the final rhino design for my speaker. I am pretty proud of it and am excited for the building process.
These chipboard pieces were cut out using the laser printer. They were then assembled using tape.
This is the wired and working circuit for my amplifier.
This is the designed and connect circuitboard for the Amplifier circuit. Some diamonds were added to the silkscreen layer in the top corners.
The challenge here was to "Write a function that takes a number using a parameter (see "Functions" above) and multiplies it by 11, printing the result. How do you call the function?"
This was completed and then the input was set to be a new random number each time the function is run.
Putting my sides together was more of a challenge than expected, but now they are glued and I am working on fitting my circuit board in.
I am very proud of my final speaker! I ended up making two hexagonal prisms that are stackable and can separate. I most satisfied with how clear my speaker ended up being. At first the audio was very grainy, but now it is clearly audible. I'm also proud of the fact that the speaker enclosure creates good resonance. If I were to start over I think I would laser cut earlier and leave more time for assembly. Although I'm still proud of the assembly, I think it could be neater. A lesson that I will take with me from this class is that it's okay to make something simple. At first I wanted to do something complex for my speaker design, but in the end I choose a fairly simple design and ended up really loving building it. I also used up all my time! Overall, I had an awesome time making my speaker and will definitely be using it a lot over the next few years!Â