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My project, Cora, a biofeedback lighting system that explores the biomechanical interactions and how they can be a part of life and care devices, Cora is a pulse-monitored lighting system that visualizes the human heartbeat.
I want the enclosure to be a transparent box with circuits on the outside connected with copper tape, and a silicon mould of a real heart will be inside the box. This reverses the typical concept of hiding the electronics and exposing the functional object. This approach makes the whole system modular and allows replacement and different uses for the function object that is protected and stable (the heart)(and I am not just doing this because I keep messing up and having to replace the board)
I modeled how it could look on Rhino and rendered it with the closest materials to visualize the final model. For this model, I downloaded models of the OLED screen, the pulse sensor, and the Neopixel. I made the box on the top view of Rhino for laser cutting and extruded it to use for this model.
I then downloaded GLBs of the board I made from KiCad and imported them into Blender.
I used a mold of a real heart from BlenderKit, designing the acrylic box for laser cutting.
On Rhino, in Top view, I created this simple box with notches on each of the faces. I added holes corresponding to the boards I made and the devices I used.
- OLED 28x30x3 (4 holes)
- Neopixel 2 holes (28)
- pulse sensor 3 holes 10x10x11
- PCB holes (4)
- Connector holes - 10 connectors (20 holes)
I got M1, M2, and M3 screws and nuts from Amazon to assemble them
I also got 5mm copper tape to join the connector boards
corresponding to the Rayjet 500 to laserart the box, I separated the layers as:
- engraving (black)
- holes (red)
- cutout (blue)
I forgot to make a hole for the pin header of the OLED so I cut it agein (not that accurate but close enough)
I hope my final one looks as cool as I imagine it and that it works
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