Week of 5/26 - 5/30

This was a short week as we had school off on Monday and on Wednesday we had gym, so I only actually got 5 periods to work, but I think I still got a decent amount done. I was mainly working on my PCB and my library. I was using my breadboard as an example and it helped me in seeing which parts I would need as well as to see how far apart the pins were.

I also needed to take into account the sizes of the parts and how much space they actually take up. I have a few large components and I will need to properly space them later on. I also have to think about creating an electromagnet component as I am still not sure if I want the setup with the wires I have now to be permanent or if I want to make it more sturdy and secure.

On Wednesday I was on cleaning duty and I was moving old computers and parts that were not needed anymore and I noticed a keyboard. My current keyboard has a few keys that don't work very well, one of which is enter which makes many things hard. So I replaced my old keyboard with this one and I also opened it up because there were a few loose pieces rattling inside but I fixed them.

I also made a lot of progress on my PCB design and I was focused on making the bigger parts this week. It took me a lot longer than ide like to admit to finish this piece mainly because I didn't know If I wanted to make an entire symbol or just a symbol for the parts I needed. There was also something going on with my fusion because the spacing was not working but the next day it was working fine so I am not sure what happened.

I really only have three pieces left on my PCB and after that I should be ready to mill them. I got done with some of the bigger ones this week and now that I have refreshed my memory on creating symbols and components, I can make the next ones a lot quicker since I had been only using copies of other smaller parts before.