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One area of strength I have in designing is that I become very passionate about my projects, so I will always do whatever it takes to finish the things I make on time. One area I think I can work on is being more independent. If something doesn't work the first time I tend to just give up and ask for help immediatlety. I want to get better at persisting through challenges by myself.
Three things I want to commit to in the documentation of my learning and projects...
I will take my photos in good lighting and with no distraciting backgrounds.
I will keep my site up to date and in an easy to follow chronological order.
I will expand beyond surface level explinations in my descriptions.
ORIGINAL SKETCHES FOR PARTNER PCB DESIGN
After looking at all of our designs we decided on number 1 of Ronans, the palm tree. We chose this because it reminds us of the summer time and seems like a challenge.
Schematics and Circuit Board
For this project, I worked with Ronan and we decided to build a palm tree that is the color green! Something I will remember after designing this is to make sure none of the components are overlapping or touching each other and to double check by going to 3D mode.
10 ideas for my speaker
Post-it Feedback
The most significant thing I took away from this feedback was that people liked the UFO idea more because it was more creative and I could add more to it, unlike the basketball hoop.
Better Design Drawing
I believe this is an excellent design because it is creative and I love the aspect of the sphere on top. By choosing this project I am challenging my current skill set by making some abstract shapes on rhino which I am not very good at using. I also will have to figure out a way to make it look realistic.
80% of Design
I decided to switch up my project to be more like a robot type design. I think this will be cooler and feel more confident in making it. I am pretty close to finishing now and just need to add the speaker holes.
Amp circuit on the breadboard
Is there something about the circuit you understand now that you've spent time prototyping it?
After prototyping, I understand better how resistors control the flow of electric current in the circuit. I was suprised by how many resisters were needed, and it was hard adding all of them on the breadboard since they were very close together.
Name one part that is a complete mystery to you. Look it up on Google or Generative AI. What does it say the function of that part is?
One part I was confused about was the small three-legged black component next to the volume control thing. I looked it up and learned it was most likely a transistor that acts like a tiny electronic switch or amplifier -- it can control a large current using a smaller one.
PCB Design
I worked with Lev on this design. The coolest things I learned were how to make sense of what the all the connecting lines meant as well as adding text to the board.
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