Pluto_BLARE
Hardware- 4 Devlogs
- 12 Total hours
I am building a personal alarm clock that will have a nine digit passcode to turn off.
I worked on some problems that I had with my case and am going to try to fix everything tomorrow
Hey, nice job on this! I like the cutouts you made in the side of the case. I just noticed a couple things to fix before I can approve this. It looks like your usb port doesn't line up with the hole in your case, so you won't be able to plug it in. Also you need to design a proper mounting system for your display, your plan can't just be having it on the outside and taping/gluing it down. I also noticed you have screw holes in your top plate but not on the case itself, so there's nothing to screw into. Outside of that, your pcb files look to end in .lck for some reason? Make sure to fix that. You're also missing a BOM, please make a quick one so people know what components they need to build your clock. Also update your README so it includes pics of your schematic and pcb. Check this out for all the parts of polishing your project for shipping https://blare.hackclub.com/docs/submitting-your-project. Thanks!
Pluto_BLARE: I finished up my case and worked on my firmware. Lastly, I worked on getting all the files to submit this project. This alarm will be able to hold time, set five alarms, use a 4 digit combination, and allow the user to reset password.
Pluto_BLARE: Today I worked on the CADing part of my BLARE alarm clock. Some of the instructions on the guide were a bit unclear how to do things. I like them using Onshape for easy access for a more users. However, I personally use fusion as it is provided to me via school so the adjustment was pretty difficult therefore, making me take longer on this portion but this was pretty fun to model. The picture is off what I was able to get done during this time
Pluto_BLARE: I was able to build the PCB for this alarm clock with in this time frame. The guide was well laid out so I was able to follow it pretty easily. However, I did run into a hiccup with the dimensions so I had to completely reconfigure the PCB again. It is a good thing I find making PCB fun. This was a pretty simple design for this alarm clock I will move onto CADing and Firmware tomorrow.
