Hi, my name is Sanya!
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Strengths: I am very organized and will put a lot of care into making my project something I can be proud of.
Growth area: I want to work on persistance and stepping out of my comfort zone sometimes.
Commitments:
Taking multiple clear pictures of my project to show all angles.
Keeping everything organized with clear headings and dates.
Documenting my work consisently on time.
9/1: PCB Board Ideation
Here are all our ideas. Olivia and I chose the snowman because it was a fun design. We liked the idea of putting the LEDs in the buttons and on the face, and the design seemed straightforward to draw on Rhino.
9/6: PCB Snowman Board!
This is the PCB snowman board that Olivia and I worked on. It has 9 LEDs that depict the snowman's smiling face and buttons, a hat, and a carrot nose, which will be silkscreened on. The coin battery will be inserted into the back of its body. We had a lot of trouble with inserting the outline into Eagle, so in the future I will definitely remember to try different things in order to problem solve, because the solution ended up being a little bit random and unexpected.
Speaker Ideation
I think I'm most likely to move forward with the suitcase or the window, but I think there's still a lot of things that need to be figured out in order for it to work and make sense, because my sketches don't count for a lot of design concenrs.
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Phase 2 Design Drawing & Model on Rhino
10/11 Cardboard Speaker Prototype
My speaker design is of two flowers in a flowerpot. My actual speaker will probably be shorter than my model, for the sake of conserving materials. This model helped me understand how to configure my flowers for better support.
10/23 Amp Circuit Breadboard
This is my breadboard for my amplifier circuit. I had a little trouble with my speaker because of one tiny mistake, so this definitely highlighted for me that it's necessary to be super careful to avoid more hassle in the future. I have yet to do my bluetooth portion, but I'll finish that in the next couple classes.
Eagle PCB Board 2
Kai and I switched off as we worked on our PCB board and made all the decisions (color, what change to make) together. I think I became a lot more comfortable with interpreting and translating schematics to the breadboard.
Trying out the Feather M4 Express!
Manu and I spent more time on the OLED screen, so we only got the chance to practice the example code on the neopixel screen, where we had only one LED light up, and then all of them. However, we did do the challenge of making a name tag that switched between 4 different combinations of our names every 5 seconds, which was pretty fun!
Trying out the Feather ESP32-S2!
Manu and I tackled the challenge of displaying our own image, and had it scroll between a mermaid and the words "Swim" and then "Free." I did this by replacing the image in the code example with my mermaid bmp, and replacing the example text with "Swim" and "Free."
Digital Project Plan
I hope to use either the Feather M4 Express or the Feather ESP32-S2 in a project related to my speaker. I'm not yet sure what exactly the design will be, but I'm considering maybe a display of a bee or an anonymous love note that would go with my box of flowers.
My unsoddered amplifier circuit board
My first PCB board!
This is the shaped PCB board Olivia and I made at the beginning of the year on Eagle. We chose the design of a snowman, and soddered LEDs, a switch, and resistors.
My Soldered Amplifier Circuit & Progress Picture
This is my fully soldered amplifier circuit. During this process I think I became a lot more comfortable with reading schematics.
In the background, you can see my speakers attached to wood flowers. Next, I will cut and glue the box, and then assemble!
My Finished Amplifier
This is my flowerpot speaker! I'm satisfied with it being completed and standing (I was a little doubtful at some points there). If I were to start over, I would plan more thoroughly and maybe make a design that is a little less ambitious. In the future, I will definitely keep in mind that it's better to take time to plan everything carefully, rather than trying to figure it out on the fly.
My Digital Project
Here, I coded the Circuit Playground to light up and switch between purple, red, and green. I aimed to make something fun that could light up inside of my speaker, and I thought these colors were cheerful and festive. I wish I had more time to work on this, because I might have been able to make something more complex or interesting.
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