My name is Ivana, I use she/her pronouns. A strength for me is my willingness to ask questions. I am often lost, but have no problem asking for help. I also think  my attention to detail is a strength of mine, as it comes in handy in the ideation and designing process. An area for growth for me is my ability to code and work with circuits, I feel like I don't have a good grasp of how it works, but I am hoping to improve those skills during this class.

The three things I am going to commit to for my documentation are:

1. Posting pictures and updates regularly to keep my instructor informed! 

2. Writing detailed descriptions about the work I have been doing.

3. Keeping my posts organized! Last year in Wood Joinery and Turning, my posts very organized so I want to keep that up!

I chose my first design of the Golden Gate Bridge. I plan to use all 12 LEDs to represent cars driving on the road, as well as use some for the top. I will have 2 switches controlling both sets of lights, and 12 resistors on the main cables on the bridge. I will put the battery in the back. 

PCB Schematic

My top three ideas are the cow speaker (with a phone holder), the payphone design, and the jukebox. I like the jukebox design because I would love to add a modern spin to an older method of playing music. I think the payphone design would just be a really cool and unusual idea for a speaker. The strawberry cow is my cutest design, and I like how it acts as a phoneholder as well. 

I got a lot of contradictory feedback about what design I should pick, but a common theme I saw was that I should make sure I think about how I will actually be achieving these designs. Many people told me that my Strawberry cow design was really cute, but could be hard to achieve and I agree. I feel as though my jukebox design is a bit unoriginal, especially since others in the class also has this idea. This leaves me with the payphone design, which I think is unique and achieveable!

This is my payphone design! I am hoping to 3D print the phone, make the boxes out of wood or MDF, and connect the two with a chord (maybe I can even buy a spriny chord to make it more phone like!) I think this design will be challenging since I will be using so many tools to make my speaker.

This is the box part of my speaker design. I was not able to use cardboard to make the phone part, but I am planning to 3D print it and just make that my final. After making the prototype, I realized/learned that I need to pay more attention to the placement of all the little holes for chords. I forgot to add a hole at the bottom, and did not leave space for the digital screen I am planning to incorporate. 

After breadboarding, I learned the significance of the LED as a way to test out if the main parts are working. I would have never thought about using this method, and it's really interesting! I didn't know what the capacitor does, but after doing some research, I found it that it temporarily stores electrical energy.

I finished it! I am pretty happy with the bridge, and I like how the red color of the board compliments the white lights. I worked with Amalia.