2021-06-11 (F) Weekly Summary

I made an enclosure for my microcontroller so the wires would be neater and to hide the battery. It has a couple of mounting feet on the inside with nut sockets. The fourth wall was missing so I could slide it over the already wired hardware.
Microcontroller enclosure

Someone made a circular sand pattern robot in the bottom of a fish tank. Since the bearing is magnetically coupled, the water isn't an issue for the electronics. Spirals are a starting point for these automated Zen gardens, but they can make any design.

I wanted to make my platform compatible with Apple Watch bands, but no one on Thingiverse had tried it, so I measured mine and sketched a dimensioned diagram.
Apple Watch band dimensions

I used my sketch to make a 3D model. First, I drafted the watchband profile in QCAD, then imported the 2D drawing and extruded it. I guessed at the location of the locking tab, but I rendered a couple of test blocks to print.
Apple Watch socket

I hit a block with the pressure sensors and decided to move away from them, at least right now. After removing the infrared hardware, it felt like a too-far retreat. I scribbled some ideas of what the next version would look like, and some of the hardware, like Apple Watch connectors, stayed, but I decided to try mechanical switches.
Next plans

I sketched out my first design based on the scribbles. There will be an angled platform over the fingers, and I will print custom keycaps to match the height of each finger.
Platform V6 sketch

The rest of the summary posts have been arranged by date.
First time here?

Completed projects from year 1
Completed projects from year 2
Completed projects from year 3
Completed projects from year 4
Completed projects from year 5
Completed projects from year 6
Completed projects from year 7

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