Mayen Thorsen

MAYEN THORSEN

Hello Post!🌟

Design/engineering strength and area for growth:

- Strength: Willingness to persist through difficulty and challenges

- Growth: Time management

Three commitments

1. Clear documentation of each step

2. Regular updates to my site

3. Not shying away from showing mistakes in the process

PCB Ideation Documentation (8/29)

The design my partner and I chose was a watch (circled in the right photo). We chose this design because it combined elements of each of our ideas, was unique, and seemed like a good mix of being challenging but realistic considering our skill levels. This design uses the coin in the center of the watch, and the LED lights as numbers on the clock.

Fusion Schematic & Breadboard (9/5)

*Switch not pictured*

I made my circutboard with Charlie, and we made a watch design. I really like that our design uses the lights to represent each hour, and I think our design will come out being very sleek and clean because it is simple but also unique.

10 Speaker Ideas (9/11)

My 3 favourites are starred, and they are the record player design, the apple design, and the abstract cylinder design. I think all of these designs represent my interests, and are unique and creative. I want my design to be something not too many people have done, and I want it to represent me. I also want it to be something I can put on my desk, which I think I could do with all of these designs.

Speaker Design Feedback (9/13)

Thank you for everyone's feedback! I am going to remember that I should think about different ways to incorporate various elements from each design into each other, and that I could potentially experiment more with how the apple design looks. (ex: having 2 cut up apples)

Speaker Drawing Update (9/15)

Modeled Enclosure Design Update (9/27)

This is a mostly finished modelled design of my speaker. It has all of the cutouts I want to use that I will engrave using acryllic, and the side pieces I am going to 3D print.

Finished Cardboard Prototype (10/8)

My idea is to make a speaker that has an acryllic top and bottom, and 3D printed sides. I will glue these pieces together, and put my speakers in the middle. I learned that I need to make my speaker a bit longer to fit the speakers inside, and that I can't 3D print the whole thing. I am going to modify the length.

Breadboard Amp Documentation (10/22)

I understand now how to connect the wires to make them flow correctly, and how incorrect resistors can mess up the entire circuitboard. I want to better understand how the breadboard helps the electricity flow. What about that shape makes it work? I know we already covered this, but it is still a bit of a mystery to me. Google: The metal (in the breadboard) works as a conductor to allow electricity to flow through it.

Amp PCB and Schematic (11/2)

I worked with Lily. I learned how to use different methods of connecting wires in a circuitboard, and how to understand what the schematic symbols mean. (I better grasped that process on this project)

What are you creating for your digital project (11/14)

For my digital project, I want to make a light that is a constant color, likely light pink. I am going to use the feather M4. The project will be part of my speakers

Unsoldered Breadboard (11/21)

First Shaped PCB (12/4)

The original idea was to make a watch, where the PCB base had the watch strap and the lights represented the numbers. I worked with Charlie, and I'm mostly happy with how it turned out, minus a couple of the lights not working because they're turned on the wrong way

Soldered AMP Circuit (12/12)

Final Project

My goals for the amplifier were to make a basic speaker design with engravings. I am most satisfied with how the speakers sound and how the engravings came out. I wish I would have better allocated my time and planned out the spacing. I will still remember soldering 2 years from now. I did finish ultimately.

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