This week we were asked to make a detailed final timeline for finishing the academy, and provided questions to answer to narrow down your thinking to make a detailed plan.
My project idea at first briefly was a chandlier that detects your existense in the room and lights upon it and the variations of colors will be used for photography purposes, later on I found that I need to use IR sensor to change colors not to detect presens because it's useless in my project or could be a secondry thing to the IR sensor
The input motion detection sensor once triggered it will use the RGB variation of lights to make different colors that will be used for 2 things: Color Therapy and the main thing Portrait photography.
During the previous week I've worked as start on a simple vision/design for my final project shape in the Computer Aided Design week.
Then we came to electronics and how to fabricate our boards and when the real work started for my final project was in the Input devices week, by making a board for my motion detection sensor.
Then the most crucial board of them came in the Output devices week which the board that will control my RGB LED strip.
Then I went further in weeks by experimenting the molding and casting week, but I didn't find it that handy to work with it in the final project as the time consumption is too high
Then I experimented in the Wild card week by making a basic frame for the chandlier mixed with light and this made me realise that probably I'll work using the molding and casting techniques, but the difference that in composite week my horizons was widen about ways to make ENORMOUS molds, but not sure what I'll do about it yet probably will work with the composites.
| COMPONENT | COUNT | UNIT PRICE |
TOTAL PRICE |
VENDOR | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR Sensor | 1 | 3.47 USD | 3.47 USD | Deal Extreme | Link |
| Attiny 45 | 1 | 1 USD | 1 USD | Farnell | |
| FTDI headers | 2 | 0.25 USD | 0.5 USD | Farnell | |
| 10K Ohm Resistors | 2 | 0.2 USD | 0.2 USD | Farnell | |
| Connector Header Surface Mount 6 position | 3 | 1.09 USD | 3.27 USD | Digi-Key | |
| 499 Ohm Resistors | 1 | 0.1 USD | 0.1 USD | Digi-Key | |
| 0 Ohm Resistors | 1 | 0.1 USD | 0.1 USD | Digi-Key | |
| Red LED | 1 | 0.25 USD | 0.25 USD | Farnell | |
| MOSFET N-CH 30V 1.7A | 3 | 0.58 USD | 1.74 USD | Farnell | |
| IC REG LINEAR 5V 1A | 1 | 0.50 USD | 0.50 USD | Digi-Key | |
| RGB strip LED | 2.5 meters | 1.12 USD | 2.8 USD | (local Store) MTM Electronics | |
| Capacitor 1uf | 2 | 0.46 USD | 0.92 USD | Farnell | |
| Attiny 44 | 1 | 1 USD | 1 USD | Farnell | |
| Copper Tape | 1 | 3 USD | 3 USD | Farnell | |
| 3D Printing | 1 | 1 Gram = 0.34 USD | 29 Grams = 9.86 USD | Fab Lab Egypt | |
| Power Supply (12V 2A) | 1 | 4.5 USD | 4.5 USD | (Local Store) Maamoon |
| PART | TASK | PROCESS | STATUS | DEAD LINE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input device (PIR Sensor) | PCB Design | Electronics Design | ||
| PCB Manufacturing | Electronics Production | |||
| PIR Sensor | Purchase (Test different Modules) | 25/05 | ||
| Programming | Embeddded programming | |||
| Programming | Interface and application programming | 25/05 | ||
| Output device | PCB Design | Electronics Design | ||
| PCB Manufacturing | Electronics Production | |||
| Case Manufacturing | 3D Printing | |||
| Needs Debugging, might change the N-MOSFET | Programming | Embeddded programming | ||
| Integeration | Assemble and integerate all the parts |
- | 05/06 | |
| Wiring and testing | Networking - communication | 05/06 | ||
| Perfectionism | Add more orbits | - | N/A | |
| Wiring orbits with Nylon Fishing wire | N/A |