IP Week-14 Refine Concept & WIP

I tried to change a bit my concept because after I listen to my lecturer's feedback. My lecturer said it's better to have a sound effect when the user is self-regulating. So, I was thinking if the phone dock has 2 modes, one is normal wireless charging, another one is self-regulation wireless charging. Therefore, I can have more sound effects to apply in my product, which are Open SFX, Self-regulation SFX, Warning SFX, and Shut Down SFX. However, after consulting the lecturer, my lecturer said this would be different from what I originally intended.  Because now users have options, they can choose not to use the self-regulation feature. But my purpose is to let people know how to self-regulate. So, I gave up using this concept and using the previous concept.


At the same time, I received some feedback from my peers, some of them said that the prototype 2.0's light line should be wider. Some of them think the outcome will too big, and suggested I can create another version of is table wireless charger. For the production size, I think I cannot make it smaller because of technical issues (I need a big space to contain Arduino and other components).


Here is the code I try to approach the new concept but I am not going to use:

https://github.com/Rouben-Teh/TOA-Sem_4_IP/blob/main/Push_To_Start


Besides concept and code, this week I also try to make the wireless charger's body. For the body, I am going to use CNC machine to cut it out. I use VCurve Pro software to use CNC, here is CNC software interface look like:


I watched this video to get a basic understanding of how to use VCurve Pro:
https://youtu.be/eJuGtDkx3lE

Of course, besides watching the tutorial video, I have also found Ron to teach me how to use it.

In order to use CNC, I bought 2 cutting boards to stick them together because I need a thick wood board. After that, I used white glue to stick them together. But I want to save material so I just stick one side and clamp one side. As a result, the wood board tilt up, and the lecturer said that I have to stick them again to make them flat otherwise the 2 wood boards cannot use anymore. So, I try to use white glue and thin paper to fill up other places that I didn't fill before and use more clamps to clamp it.



And also, I use the laser to cut out the top and the bottom of the wireless charger, but now I think that s too thick, so maybe I will look for more thin wood to laser cut again.

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