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Descriptive explanations for my process
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Hello!
Hello!
I'm Kai!
Strengths:
Collaboration
Problem-solving
Areas to Grow:
Coding
Circuit-related Topics
First Designs for PCB
These were Kai Scott's and my first designs. We experimented with a submarine design and a cup, before figuring out the bench over the lamp post idea. We both enjoyed the circled PCB with the light coming down on the bench and thought it would be a good idea for our board.
9/1/23 - PCB Finished
Kai and I finished our PCB design which was a streetlight with a bench underneath it. Kai did the schematic and figured out the airwiring, while I did the silkscreen and board design. I think the design is going to look good as a PCB board and I'm excited to see it in person! One thing I want to keep in mind is to be able to help out with some of the schematic as well. I felt as though I should've worked more with the schematic and in the future, I want to make sure that I'm confident in being able to do both board design and schematics.
9/8/23 - Amplifier Designs
Over the course of the class, we designed amplifier ideas using 10 different prompts. My three favorite fell under the prompts: box with one unqie change and a futuristic/retro design. My designs for the two were a box designed to look like a cardboard box, a retro refrigerator, and a rotary telephone look.
9/12/23 - Design Feedback
In this class, we gave each other feedback on our three favorite designs. The feedback I got was very helpful as it gave me some insight into what might be difficult to pull off (like the curves of my telephone) and what seemed like a very strong idea, namely the retro refrigerator.
9/14/23 - 20-30 Minute Drawing
This day was a PPP day so we had a short class that was dedicated to further design our speaker ideas. I settled on my idea of a retro fridge and thought of some ideas like where to put the battery pack and the speakers themselves.
9/29/23 - Model of Amplifier in Rhino
This is the model for my amplifier that I completed in Rhino. I thought it came out really well and it gave me reassurance on how I wanted my speakers to fit inside the door. I was glad to see that I could design it very closely to my sketches and it gave me a lot of hope that my final product would turn out well.
10/11/23 - Cardboard Prototype
I finished my cardboard prototype of my refrigerator idea, complete with the door handle and freezer handle, along with the door itself. I think this model came along really well and I think it's a good representation of what the amplifier will look like.
10/23/23 - Breadboard
Here, I fully completed my breadboard for the amplifier. I had previously finished the process without bluetooth a few classes ago, but I figured out the bluetooth process here.
11/2/23 - Eagle PCB Boards
These were Sanya and my final PCB design for our board. The connection process was fairly straightforward as we switched with each other so that we could each share the same workload. Personally, I learned more about how Eagle works as a whole and how to reference a physical breadboard with the schematic. All in all, I think it ended up being very successful.
11/2/2023 - Digital Project Part 1
This was Kai and my attempt at the first option for the digital project, the circuit playground. We tried to complete the challenge of changing the color depending on the temperature sensed by the controller, but we ran into a lot of errors in the process. However, I still think it was a good process to learn some code.
11/6/2023 - Digital Project Part 2
Cole, Gavin, and I worked on this project together and it managed to work pretty well with the text and images, but we encountered some errors during the LED process. The file didn't copy to the device well, but we managed to get it working.
11/14/2023 - Digital Project Plans
I'm planning to use the ESP32-S2 TFT Feather and either the Neopixels “Featherwing” or the OLED “Featherwing” (not sure yet) and plan to put some text on the top of my speaker to display a changeable image/text.
11/28/23 - Pre-soldered Circuit Board
Before returning from the break, we got the circuit boards we designed back. I already started soldering the board before the break but this is my pre-soldered board.
12/4/23 - Finished Collaborative PCB
Back in September, Kai S and I designed a PCB board that looked like a streetlamp and a bench. After getting the board back, I finally finished soldering everything on the board which worked successfully.
12/12/23 - Soldered Amp Circuit
This is my finished amp circuit board that I already fitted into my enclosure. The soldering process was fairly self- explanatory and I didn't have too much trouble getting it to work.
12/14/23 - Enclosure Build Process
After a lot of struggle, my enclosure is almost finished with the only things remaining being to finish the doors and glue the speakers to be vertical with the enclosure.
12/19/23 - Digital Project
I finished my digital project with a simple code that displayed some text that scrolled through the screen. I decided to make it fit with the theme of the fridge and got the scrolling text to say "100% COLD :)". Although I'm satisfied with the product, I do wish that I spent more time putting more thought into what I wanted it to be because I think I oversimplified my original ideas.
(https://github.com/LWHSTechnicalArts/AandD_Digital_Project/blob/main/OLED_scrolling) (base for my code)
12/19/23 - Finalized Speaker!
After a lot of ups and downs, I finally finished my speaker. In the end, I'm very happy with my fridge design and the overall aesthetic.
Thinking about the work you created, what are you most satisfied with this semester?
I'm most satisfied that I was able to get the speaker to work inside of the enclosure as I had a lot of trouble getting it to fit and play sound.
If you were to start over, knowing what you know, what would I do differently?
I would most likely want to plan my time better because I felt a bit scattered throughout the project.
What is a lesson from this class that you will take with you and use in future projects?
Similar to the answer above, I want to plan some time better so I don't have to worry about doing so much improvisation.
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