Draft Blog Post - LED Candle

Post date: Feb 1, 2017 1:41:26 PM

WHM Comments

Currently 40/50 - rework the layout and add sections

Your draft final blog is more like a weekly blog than a final post

First Section

Video + Photo of finished candle in packaging + Exec Summary about the project and what you learned

Second Section

Arduino - the circuit (your vidieo and picture are ideal) plus all the Arduino practice projects you did

Should include the final Arduino sketch in the Shared Google Drive Folder

Third Section - Packaging to make the circuit look like a candle

This is where you show the evolution of the box (sizing, forgot the bottom, etc.)

What 3D modeling program did you use and why

Why did you choose to 3D print? What are other choices? and what do you think other students might do? Candles are round cyclinders.....why did you go with a box? == your commentary should cover these points

Fourth Seciion - Reflection - what you learned

To earn the last 10 points, I need to see you layout the draft and put outline comments of what will be covered. For the Final Blog when you are done, you simply copy this page and retitle from draft to final....then you have a template to complete the final post.

This project instructed me in arduino and electrical components. Before, I had never done any projects with electrical circuits and components nor did i do any projects with any coding platforms such as arduino. I learned different commands in the arduino and learned what code did what to the overall function of the candle and the other projects that I did. I also learned the basics of electrical circuits and Mr. Moss helped me learn how it all worked. He taught me which wires powered the sensor, and which powered the light. He also told me that resistors and capacitors help transfer and store energy.

This is a google drive link to a folder with all of my work product.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2z7FNq-7rP4V2Jmd0M5b25wQjQ/view?usp=sharin

The sizing of the case for the LED candle never changed from rendition from rendition. All that changed was the size of the holes and their location. In the first rendition, which was purple, The holes didn't work. In my second rendition, it worked but didn't have a floor. And my third rendition had a floor and the holes aligned perfectly. I used 123D Design for designing the candle case because it is simple yet effective and i have been using it for over a year. I chose to 3D print because I tried to create a candle case out of cardboard using 123D Make but it collapsed after just seconds. 3D printing creates much more durable products. I went with a box because if i printed a cylinder, it would take up the majority of the build plate and may not fit. And then it would take a very long time to print because of the queue.

I learned a lot during this project. I learned about electrical circuits and components and i learned about the arduino code as well.