Hey guys! I now this is kind of a late post, but this week has been a bit hectic for me. I needed to work a lot at my part time job, in addition to going to ASU, and I had family birthdays to plan for. Although hectic, this week was mostly a transition week for me at my internship. Since ASU was on Spring Break last week, it seemed like this week people in the lab were getting back in the grove with things. So I spent a lot of time at the library this week, reading and designing new things for the circuit board.
Currently I'm working on a new revision of my design for the printed circuit board. I needed to make a little adjustments after talking with my on-site mentor. I need to make sure the spacing between the wirings are each 0.1 inch apart. In addition to that I needed to add pin connectors for each of the 6 wires in the 6X6 matrix. This is so we can measure things during testing. I'm still working on that revision for that, which I will hopefully complete on Monday. After I finish it, I will post a picture at the end of this blog for all of you to see.
Next blog I will be discussing the fabrication process of the printed circuit board that I will be learning sometime next week. I don't know any of the specifics of this process yet, so if you have any questions I hope to be able to answer them in the next blog.
Hey Tina! Hopefully this week is a little less hetic! What exactly do pin connectors do?
ReplyDeleteSorry I haven't commented on this yet. Pin connectors allow the lab and I to enter energy into the circuit, and then be able to read the output of it when we manipulate the pressure sensor (ig, push down on the square pieces). From there, we can then calculate the pressure change and what not.
DeleteHey Tina! I have been reading your old posts to get a full understanding of your project. Your project is really fascinating and the pictures really help to visualize your descriptions and what you are doing in the lab. Since you spend so much time in the library, have you read any articles that have influenced you revise the design of the circuit board? Can't wait to learn more about the next step in the process!
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any articles so far that have influenced my design. I talk a lot with my professor and revise it constantly under his instruction. I also chat with my sister over the actual physics behind the circuit board (ig. parallel circuits or series).
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