An engineering strength for me is working in the wood shop because I've taken two classes in there and now I feel really comfortable with the materials and machines.

An area of growth for me is my knowledge of coding and rhino because I haven't used either in a couple years.

I want to commit to taking photos of all the work I do even if it doesn't end up on my page, organizing my page so everything is clear and in order, and writing clear explanations for all my work so it's easy to understand.

Here are some of my ideas for the PCB design. My farvorite one is the OPEN sign because I think it would be cool to make with the LEDs.

Me and my partner decided to make a truck PCB. I worked with MJ to come up with the idea after going throught many different options. One thing I will remember about printed circuit board design is how to upload my design from Rhino into Eagle because I think that will be very useful in the future.

I think the feedback from my peers was very supportive of my dice idea and most of the concerns were just about connecting the two die together which I think I have a pretty good idea for already. The feedback session was very helpful in assuring which design I wanted to persue.

Here is my Rhino 3D rendering of the dice design.  It is only one of the dice, but they will both be the same so I only have one model. The hole is where the speaker will go and I am planing to creat the divots with a drill or some sort of sanding. The whole design will be made our of dark wood and will be laser cut to press fit together. There won't be any lights or exposed parts, but I am planning for it to be bluetooth. Some of my feedback included that I should maybe size up the sides of the box to the speaker fits a little better into the box. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R6rn_6iTSjE0ltnj5DXzmrVxWbbKyo9VrD3Dl9eWbSM/edit 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pOpDKMFOBk3DwzQcAt6RrAc8GBH3xnmNbPA3zrj-bu0/edit 

I think I will use the Cyrcit Playground for my digital project and make it so certain lights turn on when the lighting gets brighter. I will add an extra detail by making it so when the lighting is darker the lights will be a different color. Probably red and green for Christmas.

https://youtube.com/shorts/w0gUPD6PSJk?feature=share

gist: https://gist.github.com/remimatos/7560100c73d8f4a07fbb4add38e45d01

Reflection:

I learned a lot about just how to get your code onto the circuit playground and that is probably what I had the most trouble with. Like downloading all the right files that are necessary for your code to work.

I created a speaker in the form of two dice. I would say I'm very satisfied with my design process because pretty much everything went well and there weren't any major set backs. I think I've learned from my experience in past design classes how to plan for my creation and make sure there are no mistakes. If I were to start over I definitly would've made the hole for the power button bigger because it is really hard to turn on and off. I was also concidering painting it so it looked more like dice but I still like the natural wood look. A lesson from class that I will use moving forward is always to test and plan out my projects. My project was originally smaller, but when I cut it out with the cardboard I realized that it would've been way too small to fit all the components inside. If I didn't do that then it would've messed up my whole project because I would've used up all my wood and it just woudn't work.