Introduction
This week the team focused on building the Make-A-Rainbow activity as well as documenting our design and user guide. The Make-A-Rainbow activity’s hardware part is almost done. We have also finished the first draft of the instructions for each activity. On Friday, Mo Mahler, our faculty advisor, came by, and together we went over the design and the form factor of Make-A-Rainbow.
Tech Update
Color Wheel Activity (Formerly Make-A-Rainbow)
Wizard built a working prototype of the Make-A-Rainbow activity using 3 buttons, though the final design will use a knob to select a color and a button to input. Then Bob drafted the cad drawing and did the laser cut on the plexiglass. The box that holds this activity together has been built. We are working on integrating the software with the hardware and connecting all the wires.
Documentation
The rest of the team has been working on documentation. We have been working on the first draft of the design documentation, the instruction/user guide per activity, and the color theory guide. We have filmed some footage of how to set up the activities that will be used in tutorial videos. We have also made the schematic of Whiteboard activity and LED Light Strip for people who want to replicate or work on it further.
Meeting with our faculty consultant, Mo Mahler
Mo came to our project room on Friday. Although we were still working on the Make-A-Rainbow activity, we went over our design and form factor with Mo. Mo thinks that the new version that includes the color wheel is a step up from the last version. He thinks that it gives the player a better goal to complete the activity and has depth than the last version. He likes the placement of the push button and rotary knob which fit how users would hold it and use it. The push button is also very satisfying.
Looking into Next Week
- Make the final video
- Compile the documentation and test with Lou’s team
- Soft opening week
- Final playtest: April 28th, Assemble