The task of the project was to make a case for Arduino, however the OUTPUTS and INPUTS on the board had to be visible. So I decided to make a case which perfectly fits on my Arduino and leaves the ; Analog – Digital Inputs and other flashing lights on the board – visible. So I took the real life measurements of my Arduino UNO and designed the case on Illustrator. 

So it was a rectangle wood case, with joining spots.

I indicated blue areas (0,0,255), and red ares (255,0,0). So that Blue areas would be cut out on the laser cutting machines. Red ares are just gonna be laser tracing so the text would be burned on the wood.

By adding the text on the case, I made the whole case easier to understand and use. Just by reading over the case one can see where to plug the wire. So I did the laser cutting…

 

 

The Arduino fit but I had many problems. PROTOTYPING!. Since I did not believe that I had time for prototyping, I directly started with raw measurements and less material observation. While I thought that the thickness of wood was 0.22in, I realized that it is way thicker. In addition since I got my laser cut appointment pretty late. It made me rush and I was not able to do any finishing on the wood.

I would love to share some pictures of how no-enough-planning effected the outcome of the piece.

 

What I Learned;

OBSERVATION!

PLANNING!

BETTER MEASUREMENT TAKING!

PROTOTYPING! 

ALWAYS HAVE EXTRA TIME TO ITERATE. 

 

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

-Thomas A. Edison