Final Project Week 4

This week we got our wood to build our final prototype of the cubby and went to a checkup with Becky about our progress.
Final Prototype logistics:
We got our wood! Unfortunately it is not exactly the same size as we specified, so we had to redo some math to make sure all of the pieces fit together. We also learned how to drill and cut plywood (and splintered a lot of wood). Building a cubby took way more time than we expected, but shockingly the hardest part was drilling the drawer slides in, because of the precision required and the fact that the drill did not fit into the cubby much to our dismay.
 

Here's our wood cubby next to our cardboard cubby!

We added the L brackets to the Cubby Buddy to insure it's stability and to increase the load it can take. 

We also made a sign, as per suggestion of last time we made a sign to tell the children to kick in the Cubby Buddy when they are done using it, we also decided to make the sign light up so it is easier to see and easily distinguishable.

Our kick sign

Check up with Becky:
We talked about
Q: Whether or not we need the handles
ANS: Not necessarily, so we can cut it out of our plan (we will)

Q: How to make sure the cubby buddy does not tilt due to the cubby buddy not being level with the ground
ANS: We can add a piece that is attached to the bottom of the cubby buddy that will account for the difference between the cubby buddy and the ground

Q:Where to put the sign? Should we add more lights?
ANS: It should be okay to put the sign in the cubby buddy, and more lights could be helpful to make sure the children are alerted.

Q: Wiring and where do we put the arduino?
ANS: Putting the arduino on top of the cubby is our safest bet, and for the wiring, as long as the kids cannot grab it wires are fine.

Thoughts for moving forward:
Overall I think we're at a good place. We still have many things to do: including but not limited to soldering and wiring the arduino, testing the button placement, making a bottom piece to increase stability.