Speaker

This is what I have of my 3D model so far in Rhino. During the most recent class, I really tried on working to finetune my measurments and make sure everything lines up and fits the parameters. I have a little bit more to fix with the measurments otherwise the body is pretty much done. I have a few questions about the wings and how to bend that material in Rhino as well as material options and more info about the volume knob for the antenna. 

This is my fully finished speaker model. Although it doesn't look too different from my in-progress picture, the measurments and scale are wildely different. It took a lot of trail and error, as well as remeasuring multiple times to make sure that everything lined up perfectly. I especially struggled to with the base and middle portion of the body so that it would be able to accomadate all of my electronics while also keeping my desired aesthetic. I still need to finish up my cardboard model but I wanted to make sure my measurments were exactly where I needed them before I began.

Unfortunately I spent a lot of time working, and reworking the measurements on my 3d Rhino file that I wasn't able to spend as much time as I wouldve liked on the cardboard model. Although it looks very rough, the measurments, and idea is a bit more accurate. If I have some more freetime later I would love to touch it up and fix it hoepfully using the laser cutter which had been occupied when I most needed it last class. An important skill I can work better on in this class so far wouldve been my time managment. I should've spend more time at home working on my measurments so that I couldve used the materials available in the shop during class time.

My amplfied speaker circuit on my breadboard is not 100% complete but I'm confident that I can finish it in my next class block. A big thing that I took away after building this was defenitely how to read the schematics and models, and I really understand not only how to set everything up, but also how to adapt to errors, and fix things that were wrong. Here's what I learned: "Circuit boards (PCBs) have copper pads, which are small exposed patches of copper, usually with a hole through them or a flat spot on the surface. Thin copper traces run from pad to pad underneath a protective coating, acting like flat wires that carry current between components. Everything else on the board is insulating material, so electricity only goes where the copper goes."

I worked with Em on our amp pcb and schematic. Something I learned in the process was how to make the ground plane over and I think I now better understand what each thing does, and exactly why certain things need to be connected.