12. Output devices

• Linked to group assignment page
• Determined the power consumption of an output device with my group
• Documented my design and previous fabrication processes in previous examples
• Explained my programming process/es I used
• Outlined problems and how I fixed them
• Included my original files and code
• Included a hero video of my board

For this week, I worked on my output devices. I chose to make a Charlie Plex Board, aka something super tedious to make. I honestly don’t know how I was able to make them in such a short time, let alone solder them

Making a Charlie Plex

First off, making a charlie plex is super hard and repetitive and its really not any fun. I would advise to never ever do it. The worst part of it is designing it on Eagle. It’s very easy to lose track of where your jumpers should be on the schematic.

Eagle Production

Making sure that each led in on the board on Eagle is one of the most frustrating things I’ve been through. No joke I cried out of frustration making this because I could just not deal with my tired brain seeing that I missed another jumper placement after spending so much time designing, routing, and soldering my board just to have half of the lights work. It is vital that you are completely sure that every single jumper is connected or you will have the worst time of your life.