Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Frustration
Its' so frustrating to do a couple hours of work, to discover that you may have to start over. The work itself isn't that hard but is tedious.
My senior project is an LED hallway sign that has 8 two-inch high characters. To complete this project, it needs to be mounted on a PCB (printed circuit board), which is custom designed by someone in our group. To make a PCB, software is used to make the circuit diagram of how the circuit is connected. Next, you lay your components out and connect them, but because the PCB has only 2 layers, it takes time to set pieces out so that it will work. Most of the circuit board design to date has been done by my partner with both of us just now getting together and doing the layout portion. Once you start laying out your components, you can't change the circuit diagram. It was discovered that one connection is wrong and another is missing. Since the majority of work has already been done, we don't want to start over unless we absolutely have to.
So now we are waiting until we can talk to someone with more experience.
At least I'm coming home for the weekend.
My senior project is an LED hallway sign that has 8 two-inch high characters. To complete this project, it needs to be mounted on a PCB (printed circuit board), which is custom designed by someone in our group. To make a PCB, software is used to make the circuit diagram of how the circuit is connected. Next, you lay your components out and connect them, but because the PCB has only 2 layers, it takes time to set pieces out so that it will work. Most of the circuit board design to date has been done by my partner with both of us just now getting together and doing the layout portion. Once you start laying out your components, you can't change the circuit diagram. It was discovered that one connection is wrong and another is missing. Since the majority of work has already been done, we don't want to start over unless we absolutely have to.
So now we are waiting until we can talk to someone with more experience.
At least I'm coming home for the weekend.
# posted by Jacob Bird @ 5:19 PM 
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Yes, you are coming home this weekend. And you are attending the first of many Backyard Cinema Festivals at the Slater Estates.
Join such famous guests as Dan Bird, Knobby, and Dave Timm.
Seriously, you are gonna be there. You don't really have a choice.
Join such famous guests as Dan Bird, Knobby, and Dave Timm.
Seriously, you are gonna be there. You don't really have a choice.
What cinematic masterpieces will there be for our viewing pleasure?
And in case anyone cares, the problems are fixed and the PCB is ordered.
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And in case anyone cares, the problems are fixed and the PCB is ordered.
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