Kyle Corkey, Richard Green, Tom Kovel, Nate Keschl, Matt Kottenstette, Justin Ingram

Sketches

Materials

Plan

Process

Problems

Logo

24”x18” acrylic

24”x18”Foamcore

Breadboard

Inverter

Battery

Wires

myDAQ

3m Orange and 3m Purple Electroluminescent wire

Duct Tape

Pancil

X-acto Knife

Picture Frame

Day 1: ◦ Drew individual logos

◦ Chose the logo

◦ Decided on foam core background

◦ Made Google site

◦ Set up time for next meeting

Day 2:◦ Created

Psuedocode

Component description

Rough sketch of electronics

Sketch of logo with dimensions

Timeline

Day 3◦ Laser etched Acrylic

◦ Ordered other EL wire

◦ Wrote code

◦ Converted

sketch-up to

Corel Draw

Day 4◦ Cut out foam board

◦ Stenciled thumb into

foam board

◦ Indented thumb

◦ Poked holes for wire

Day 5◦ Cut foam core

◦ Test code

◦ Cut acrylic down

◦ Added additional EL wire

◦ Wove wire through foam core

◦ Installed picture frame

◦ Wrote power point

◦ Tested completed design

Google Sketch-up doesn’t communicate with Corel Draw

Laser doesn’t etch very deep Ventilation fan caused acrylic to flip up in

laser Problem merging programs Laser occupied EL wire wouldn’t stay in grooves Opening ports Acrylic too large for picture frame

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