Christopher Sorensen

Me and pops

Strength and Growth

I think I am generally pretty comfortable with the process of coming up with a design. Normally, I'm pretty happy with my designs.

I only have basic knowledge of the electrical engineering we're gonna do in this class.

Commitments

I want to take pictures throughout the process rather than finishing and then trying to take progress pictures
I want to keep my page organized
I want to write good descriptions that I can look back on

We chose this design (top right), a silhouette of our friend group, because it's both creative and unique to us. It also has more meaning than just a cool-looking shape and is something that will remain relevant and special for many years.

Description of what you made

We made a circuit board in the shape of four people. The silhouette comes from a photo of our group of friends (Christopher, Cillian, Charlie, Jake in order). We traced an image in Rhino and imported the outline into Fusion. The circuit board will have 4 lights in parallel, 1 for each person. Each light has its own switch, so we can illuminate different combinations of people. This is all connected to a coin cell battery.

Who worked on this project

Christopher and Cillian

One or more things you will remember about printed circuit board design.

I will remember to have lights in parallel when you can, so that each can be the same brightness. I will also remember that you can make your circuit board any shape by importing a Rhino file into Fusion.

Main takeaways from feedback:

The organic shape of an airpod might be hard to print
I would only be able to use one speaker if I only made one airpod, maybe make two
some design ideas: volume control, stand for the airpod, lights

Design Sketch 2

Reflection:

Why do you believe this is an excellent design to design and build?

I think this is a great design because its creative, its a challenge, and its a design that I am going to be happy with when I am finished.

How are you challenging your current skill set?

I have never really used the 3D printer so its going to be a major challenge to figure out how to use the software and print such organic shapes in a way that actually works. I have also never worked with such organic shapes in Rhino or other 3D modeling softwares.

Model Progress 9/28

At this point I have the screw holes and the place to mount the speaker and I also figured out how to give the model thickness. It's pretty much ready to print. Just need to figure out the final size I want.