Arianna Ponce
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A strength...
I would say that I am resourceful, since I am good at finding ways to fix and prevent issues when they come up when building things. I would also say that I am getting pretty good at being precise, which has been helpful to reduce the number of mistakes I usually make when building something.
An area for growth...
An area where I could grow is finding when it's time to stop on a project; I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, so accepting that some things won't be end up perfect is definitely a challenge for me.
My commitments in documentation this year:
I would like to make my site very groovy!! I hope to have really nice photos and a nice design scheme.
I would like to be consistent with taking photos showing different phases of a project.
I will try my best to keep this site updated!
Robot PCB
Robot PCB
My partner was Emmie! We decided to make a robot PCB with LED eyes, and eventually settled on also using LEDs for little buttons on the robot.
The Preview!
Lit (or attempted to) PCB
Lit (or attempted to) PCB
Here is the progress for my soldered PCB board. Unfortunately thus far it seems that there are too many LEDs in a row to allow the PCB to work, ultimately leading it to not light up. I have 2 LEDs left to solder.
At some points, the LEDs do light up a tiny bit, but typically only for a flash.
Some Speaker sketches! My winning one is this airplane to the left where the engines will be the speakers!
eee i cant figure out how to turn this car one around!!
Feedback
Feedback
Lots of people really liked the airplane design, or the retro-y speaker one; and were big fans of the use of speakers as the engines. That being said, there were many concerns about how intricate it may be considering time restraints (and my sanity); or wondering which materials I might use or how I will make the curves.
Some notes:
-Maybe I can make the airplane out of paper mache?
More finished design
More finished design
The dimensions of this is not to scale, but this is a more completed design. I want to make the backdrop of the airplane a bit prettier, so I figured I could paint something or make a little mosaic out of scrap acrylic (credit to whoever came up with that idea). The wings will likely have to hang a bit further, but currently im thinking of having the airplane being relatively flat, other than possibly using paper machet or something else to make the nosecone to add a little more dimension. I am not entirely sure what I want to do in the back, maybe something picture-frame esque since so far most of my material is going to be taken up in the front.
ALSO maybe if possible I could add nav lights? I don't know if I would have time or if it would even look good but just an idea.
Rhino Design as of 9/27
-I made a press fit box to hold the speakers + circuit! I made it a bit smaller than the airplane itself since it would be too large to fit on the material if the box covered the whole plane.
-I plan to have a panel in the back which I can take off to access the panel if needed
-If possible I think it would be cool to have the indicator light as a navigation light on the airplane.
Feedback from 9/27-
I still need to figure out how my box will fit together. My partners thought that I simplified my design enough to the point where it would be realistic to make. They wanted to know how I would attach the airplane and if it would be part of the main box or attached on; I think it would be best to have it attached so it is easier to perceive as its own entity rather than merged with the box.
Design Update- Sept 30.
Last week I was working on my design and thought that the 1/8" wood might be a little bit unsteady so I opted for 1/4" instead. Because of this I had to update my design and redo my press-fit box. Additionally I was having some trouble with my airplane solid last class so I spent some time fixing it, and its all good now! After a lot of dupfaceborder and booleandifferencing/booleanunion, this is what I was left with (and i saved my curves :D):
Prototype
Prototype
I had to make the wings a bit thicker to account for the fact that they might break, but this caused a wee bit of an issue: I forgot to account for the engines. Oopsies! I will have to add that in my next iteration.
The things I learned from this: Persistence + Problem solving! I had many things go wrong in my Rhino process that I had to figure out. Additionally I learned how important it is to keep backup curves and to not delete them!! also my love for dupfaceborder, my beloved <3
Speaker PCB
Speaker PCB
This is our schematic! Emmie worked on the integrated circuit area, and I worked on the bluetooth, main, and power indicator part.
This is our board design. The thing we changed about the board is the text, where we put both of our names.
Breadboard!
Breadboard!
Soldered (mostly) Amp PCB
Soldered (mostly) Amp PCB
PCB Progress! I just need to finish a few more parts and add the bluetooth.
Unsoldered PCB
Unsoldered PCB
All Soldered!
All Soldered!
it works :D (peep the blue light)
apparently i have forgotten how to take photos. Regardless, as of 12/13, I have finished cutting all my material, soldering and testing my speakers, all I have to do is put them together now. I have attempted working on my digital project but unfortunately the feather board I have is my opp :(
Microcontroller Documentation (an attempt at least!)
Microcontroller Documentation (an attempt at least!)
I was able to get the lights to flash! I just realized that I don't have a photo of the lights actually on, but regardless here is a photo of a plugged in Circuit playground.
Digital Project idea:
Digital Project idea:
I planned/attempted to make a little cloud out of stuffing attached to a little chamber that holds my Feather wing Neopixel board. I want to make it be able to sit on top of my speaker and flash the lights in something of a lightning/thunder pattern.
my child :D
my child :D
I made an airplane speaker! It is made out of walnut wood and held together by pure will, wood glue, and a whole lot of hot glue. Im proud that I was able to get my idea out onto paper! If I were to start over I would have wanted to figure out a way to make the airplane stand out a little more, and also to find a better way to plaster it to the box. A lesson i would take from this class is to measure measure measure and test cut multiple times! also check the angles on the test cut because it cut my wood at an angle which made me spend a lot of time sanding it to make it all fit. I would also make sure to orient my pieces the right way, since that was one issue I made this time.
Digital Project
Digital Project
I tried making my lightning idea! Unfortunately I was a little behind time because my featherwing decided to break but in the time I had I did my best at making a code that resembes lighting. Over the break, I hope to make it into an actual "cloud" by adding lots of fluff to it.
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