FABLAB 3.0
This week we returned to the FabLab for the third time. It was very interesting because we were going to be using all the skills we learned from the previous visit to finally assemble our watches. Brandon, a worker at the Fab Lab, gave an introduction to the Arduino Uno. We learned the types of code and some basic functionalities of writing the code language. Once we wrote out some code we then attached the LED to the audirono. It worked an we moved on to adding the motion sensors and writing the code to run indefinitely. The serial code sneezed when the audition was being tilted and showed the values of the switch; seeing the watches purpose was to capture motion of the wrist.
Image on the top right is of the LED attached to audirino
Image on the bottom right is of the scaled model of an audirno the Fab Lab made
Once we finished finalizing our code we shifted into assembling. We all had a Fusion file of the assembled watch. The class previously laser cut the parts of the watches with unique designs for customization and callout to help with the user experiences. We used super glue to glue to top base and washer. We then attached he aurino to the bottom board with adhesive sttrips. In Order to keep the wires in place we bent them on the board and zip tied them together. After this we placed the three portions together and pulled the sensors through the whole. To keep it all in place, we clamped the watch together using zip ties. We then attached the sewed wrist strap me made in the previous weeks as well. Lastly we attached pre 3d Printed holders for sensors to rest inside.
The last part of class was was focused on storying boarding. As an industrial designer we storyboard all the time. We do it for pretty much every project so I am quite familiar with it. Being apart of Team Solstice, we came together to figure out what we wanted our users experience to be. We had to think about how’d they find the product, obtain it, use it, and how it’ll ultimately affect their daily lives. As you can see below there’s my teams rough storyboards. We began by identifying ou users, which in our case people with prosthetic legs. We then moved into how our users might find our product. Since we’re in the digital age we thought though the internet, word of mouth, and social media. Pretty much each of the boxes shows the process the user will have with the product. One that covers the entire journey from finding it, getting it out the box, assembly, and using it.
Hi Trevor,
Definitely, the coding part is really magical. When you put some code into the program and then input it to the circuit board, the circuit work perfectly as turning on and off the light. As a business major student, I always want to learn different computer languages, which is too hard for me. I’m impressed that the story board is a common strategies that industrial design students utilize in their projects. I can tell why it’s really helpful, since it provides us the whole structure of our projects and let us see a more clearer plan. Hope you can make more progress after the break!
Hi Trevor,
I think it is cool that you decided to stain the wood for your watch. It is interesting that as an industrial design major you utilize storyboards a lot. Working with people from different majors is what makes this class interesting. Everyone has different approaches to problems and it is cool to experience how all those different approaches come together.