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An engineering strength and weakness:
A strength of mine is not giving up when something isn't working, I want to push myself in trying to find a solution instead of just giving up or asking someone else. An area of improvement for me is coding, especially while using Fusion, because I have never used this platform before.
Three things I want to commit to in my documentation:
1: Creating punctual and thorough site posts
2: Adding multiple clear photos
3: Highlighting mistakes I make along the way aswell as successes
PBC Board Designs
My partner Imane and I chose a Ghost design! We chose this because the other design were either too simple, to advanced, or weren't possible. We were hoping to do the flag design, however there would be too many LED lights used and it wouldn't give the checkered effect because the board can only be one color. We ended up changing the pose of our ghost so it's a little bit more complex, however our design is still very achievable and we have room for creativity if we want to add to our ghost.
PCB Fusion Design
My partner Imane and I designed this ghost for our PCB project. While Imane was making the schematic in fusion, I was drawing out the design in Rhino which we then imported into fusion and placed our components. Our ghost has heart eyes and hearts on his hands showing how he's "spreading love" to everyone. One thing I will remember about this project is the difference between parallel and series connections because even though it's a small difference it has a large effect on the final piece.
10 Speaker Design Sketches:
My Favorite sketches/the ones I am considering are the oven speaker because I think it would look really cool is the speakers were the stovetops. My second is the book-stack speaker because I would customize the book covers and I think it would look really nice when it was finished.
Post-it Feedback
Most feedback preferred the book-stack speaker. I got some good suggestions on the speaking being on the inside of a book flap, I think this would look really cool! People also gave suggestions on what the volume knob could be, a little plant or a bookmark, I'm not sure how I would execute the bookmark but I would love to try it out!
Speaker Phase 2-
I think this is an excellent design because it is doable in the time we have but will also stretch me to try things out and experiment. It's also an idea that I hadn't seen before so I can be completely original with it. I have never 3D printed before so that will challenge me, I am also hoping to use actual books and hollow them out which I have never done and will have to incorporate the 3D printed part into the hollowed out books. I'm not completely sure how I will do this so that will test my re-designing and re-thinking skills if anything goes not according to plan.
Modeled Enclosure Design:
This design shows the 3D printed aspect of my design. This box will go inside my speaker the hold the battery, circuit board, speakers and other buttons. It will be hidden within the stack of books and will be easily accesible just by opening one of the book covers!
Cardboard Prototype:
My Design is a row of books where the speaker is inside the books and enclosed by the book covers. This prototype shows the inside box which will contain the battery, speakers and circuit board, as well as the books themselves. From this prototype I realized how precise I will have to be while cutting out the pocket for the box to be placed within the books. My design does not need modification at the moment however once I 3D print the main box I might have to adjust it a little depending on how precise my book cutting skills are!
Finished Breadboard:
I understand how the speakers are connected to the breadboard through wires and why some have to go to ground and some have to go to positive.
How does the volume work?
There are three pins on the dial that do different things, the two outer pins connect to each other across a voltage, the middle pin outputs a certain voltage depending on the knob's position.
Final Amp PBC Design
I worked with Vivian to make this dolphin inspired circuit board that we will use in our final speakers! Something I learned during this process was how to make the board connected to ground everywhere (one side red and one side blue). I also learned about how to make a circuit board and the different components that go into such a complex piece of technology such as a speaker!
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