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planning final project

from January 31th, we have 18 weeks left to the presentations.
My final project consists of 3 major parts: Mechanical engineering, Electronical engineering and Programming. As I don’t know yet how the design will look like, its best not to be too specific yet. I do think however that the electronical and programming part will be a bit more work than the mechanical part.

Electronical (7 wks)
Sensor development 3 wk
Main board PCB 1.5 wk
Sub board PCB 1.5 wk
Mechanical (4 wks)
design 3 wk
production 2 wk
Programming (4 wks)
sensor readout & calibration 1 wk
sensor matrix 1 wk
RGB LED 1 wk
MIDI output 1 wk
week date weekly subject FP tasks
1 Jan 31 computer-aided design E: sensor dev Resistive
2 Feb 07 computer-controlled cutting E: sensor dev Resistive
3 Feb 14 electronics production M: Mechanical design 1
4 Feb 21 3D scanning and printing E: sensor dev piezo electric
5 Feb 28 embedded programming M: Mechanical design 1
6 Mar 06 computer-controlled machining M: Mechanical production 1
7 Mar 13 electronics design E: Main board PCB
8 Mar 20 output devices P: Sensor readout & calibration
9 Mar 27 mechanical design, machine design E: Sub board PCB
10 Apr 03 break, midterm review P: sensor matrix
11 Apr 10 input devices E: Main board PCB & sub board PCB
12 Apr 17 molding and casting EXTRA TIME
13 Apr 24 networking and communications P: RGB LED
14 May 01 interface and application programming P: MIDI output
15 May 08 wildcard week M: mechanical design 2
16 May 15 applications and implications, project development M: mechanical production 2
17 May 22 System integration EXTRA TIME
18 May 29 invention, intellectual property, and income EXTRA TIME
Jun 05- project presentations (5, 7, 10, 12) -

todo

  • design power section of main PCB -> check power connector, use 1A 3.3V voltage regulators
  • mill main PCB + solder
  • check programming WS2812B without disabling interrupt (DMA?)
  • design and mill PCB for 4 buttons and round LCD (UI fixture)
  • Change sensor fixture design -> pcb entrance area -> 32x3mm rectangle & mounting holes
  • lasercut and glue sensor fixture 4pcs
  • design and lasercut bottom plate where all fixtures will be mounted on
  • design, lasercut and glue UI fixture
  • design, lasercut and glue controller fixture
  • Cast sensor tops and bottoms 80 pcs each
  • create more carbon coated circles 80 pcs
  • solder flex PCBs
  • order sensor PCBs ~ 5 pcs after WS2812B is ok
  • think about what material can be used as top sheet and source it, design and lasercut (?) holes and shape in it
  • CNC mill wooden side pieces
  • WIRE it up, PROGRAM and TEST