electronics

Lightning Bolt

The lightning bolt in action on stage!

I built this electronic lightning bolt for my school's musical, The Lightning Thief, with the help of a peer.

The body is 3D printed with PLA filament, with bolts holding sanded acrylic plates to the front and back to frost the material for better light diffusion. It is 17 inches long, and internally side lit on the front and back with LED strips. It is powered by a 5v battery pack housed in between the LED layers.

Size was the biggest challenge in this project, as it had to be small enough to fit inside of a prop backpack, while still holding the battery pack inside. Through some careful manipulations of the lightning bolt shape (and several cardboard prototypes), the final product was able to fit all of the constraints and be featured in the show!

Glove Control Drivetrain

For my Engineering III final project I chose to create a fun drive control system that converted hand tilts into motor speeds. Here's a video summary of what I did:

Product Redesign: CTRE Battery Beak

I am in the process of repackaging a CTRE Battery Beak (battery load tester) for an Engineering III project. I designed the shell to match the shape of the battery connector, replaced the button, and streamlined the shape. In my next iteration I will need to increase the clearance for

Ribcage

I designed a magnetic ribcage accessory inspired by one of my favorite books, Harrow the Ninth. I used a 15 AWG wire base, and built up the form with foam clay. I used very small rare earth metal magnets, embedding them inside the foam clay and sewing them to the

Onshape Features: FRC Wiring

My FRC team has struggled to include electronics in our robot design in the past, so I extended Onshape's wiring features to be more user friendly for FRC CADers. You can see a sample robot (not CADed by me) wired with my features, in addition to my features

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Glove Control Drivetrain

Product Redesign: CTRE Battery Beak

Ribcage

Onshape Features: FRC Wiring