Introduction
The reason that I came up with this idea is that before I came to the US, I lived in the south side of China which is pretty warm, and my mom or my roommate would always remind me to wear more or fewer clothes and bring an umbrella if there raining outside, so after I came to us, I often forgot to check the weather forecast so that I often find out after I go out that I forgot to bring an umbrella or have worn too few clothes. So I desire to design a device that can remind me of the current weather and suggest what should i wear before I head out.
Instructable Tutoriol
https://www.instructables.com/-Ferris-Clock-a-Clock-That-Makes-You-Dont-Have-to-/
Supplies&Tools
Acrylic board
wood board
glue gun
3D print material
360 degree servo
Adafruit ESP wifi board
Usb cable
Neopixel_led light stript
Acrylic board
wood board
Glue gun
Super glue
Knife
Scissors
Wire cutter
3D print machine
Laser cutter
Making Process
Story Video
What I learned from the Processes
The whole process was a bit rough, from wanting to implement three functions at the beginning, to wanting to use a button to control it, and using two feeds to control the different functions, to finally simplifying it down to two functions, no button, and only one feed, I learned that you can never success at the first time, you always need prototype. Also i built the device in the wrong order, because I was unfamiliar with the coding, so I resisted to test the circuits and the code, and made the model first, but this made me realize that the model didn’t make sense. The modeling was not in the right order because I was not familiar with coding, so I resisted testing the circuits and codes, and made the model first, but then I realized that the modeling made a lot of sense, for example, I wanted to add a clock function to my device, but it turned out that I could only have one function on the same axis at a time. At the same time, the 360 degree servo doesn’t control the angle very well, so it’s not reasonable to design a clock that can turn all angles.
But I also learned a lot in the process, I learned to use a 3D printer, I learned to use a wifi component, and how to tell a story with a video.
Development
Inspired by elaine’s device, I hope to make a device that can help little people wear different clothes, and at the same time use more colorful colors to represent different weather.