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To build the final prototype for the Winterwerkschau, I decided to change the casing material to transparent acrylic sheets. I think it matches the concept that everything is transparent/translucent. Before building the real physical final prototype, I tried out several online tools to help me, such as 3D sketch plan, 2D blueprint and optimization software to cut the acrylic sheets, to know how much materials I needed. Because the dimension of my final prototype will depend on the bubble sticks (attached to the rotating stepper motor), and also the length of the breadboard, I decided to use half-size breadboard instead of a full-size one, since the full-size will be redundant for my project. The wiring diagram helped me to consider this, since I wouldn't need that much space of the breadboard. The half-size breadboard minimized the length (or depth) dimension of my prototype a lot. In building the final prototype, I learned a lot how to be creative in finding solutions with common materials or tools that I could find in the lab (either diyElectronics Lab in B15 or Electronics Lab in M5), at home or in the city. I'm glad that I made it work in the end:) | To build the final prototype for the Winterwerkschau, I decided to change the casing material to transparent acrylic sheets. I think it matches the concept that everything is transparent/translucent. Before building the real physical final prototype, I tried out several online tools to help me, such as 3D sketch plan, 2D blueprint and optimization software to cut the acrylic sheets, to know how much materials I needed. Because the dimension of my final prototype will depend on the bubble sticks (attached to the rotating stepper motor), and also the length of the breadboard, I decided to use half-size breadboard instead of a full-size one, since the full-size will be redundant for my project. The wiring diagram helped me to consider this, since I wouldn't need that much space of the breadboard. The half-size breadboard minimized the length (or depth) dimension of my prototype a lot. In building the final prototype, I learned a lot how to be creative in finding solutions with common materials or tools that I could find in the lab (either diyElectronics Lab in B15 or Electronics Lab in M5), at home or in the city. I'm glad that I made it work in the end:) | ||
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File:3D sketch bubble machine.png|3D plan - Tinkercad | File:3D sketch bubble machine.png|3D plan - Tinkercad | ||
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File:Optimization software CutLogic 2D.png|Optimization software - CutLogic 2D | File:Optimization software CutLogic 2D.png|Optimization software - CutLogic 2D | ||
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