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Unfortunately for me, I ran out of time with the Hack Like Heck contest. For most people it would be like any other contest, but for myself, I was really looking forward to accomplishing something big for here, personally speaking, that for once I wasn't as "crazy" and I thought for the so-called engineering that I am doing in the spare time I have. With regards to the contest, I should have been really focused in March to getting that design working and dimensioned properly. For most of March I had been bounce from one trade show to the next across great distances and such ,and let alone time in Coast Guard wise, which took away from what I wanted to do. I simply figured that on the downtime that I was home I could bust out all the electronics, design this enclosure with no problems, and before I knew it be back n the road again knowing I was one step closer to wrapping this all up. Unfortunately that is not what transpired at all; by the time I came home from Orlando one week was less than a few days I had to be out in Dunkirk for the next, and very little got done though I was certain what I was doing was enough, and surely it wasn't.

 

As optimistic as I was knowing that at least I was doing something, another issue crept up that I just couldn't known but should have. While I was doing well using the calipers and taking dimensions for every board and switch, I came to find out yesterday that the design was thrown off by virtue that the top piece for the screen was too big! What I didn't do was take the measurements for the LCD itself and just not the glass polarizer.  SO basically there was two measurements involved and because of that the design after the fact was thrown off and the gaming portable was scrapped. I really tried so hard to to be as accurate as I could in thinking I knew what I was doing with those calipers, and in the end everything was messed up. I wanted my first design that I did myself good so much better than that rather than a failure like everything else. I understand it was just a contest, I just figured I would have done better for myself than what I eventually found out to be a disaster. I have been so immersed in electronics but not so much when it comes to design. Going through the school of hard knocks to then figuring it all out on your own makes me wish I had been in some shop class rather then photography in high school--at least it would have been useful later on.

 

Anyways, let alone the screen, a lot of the other boards (boost converter, Class D stereo amp ) all have a tight fit to them, let alone the micro USB port is totally blocked.

 

I forgot to even make a provision for the 6000mAh battery to fit in as well.        

 

Above all, transferring dimensions from the caliper to Fusion 360, not sure how to correct that when it seemed everything was going right. I guess that'll be something to look up on Udemy or Lynda.com I imagine.

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  • I am glad you understand. I couldn't believe it after more than a day of printing and more than month of design between two designs, it just came to the end, yesterday to find out all these dimensions were wrong. I suppose you can understand that trying to learn all this yourself, there is just so many question as to what to do and what should be accounted for. I had figured this as part of my "engineering education" that it would come natural but I was missing out on a lot.

     

    I'm glad there is someone else who gets it, and I'll give it a go again with the design in Fusion 360. Spent all this time thinking and making it happen, let alone videoing most it, I'll upload a video in my blog when I get a chance to do so image  It's been awhile since I have done a project video and the cringe not being so real XD

     

    I suppose too the shirt will be a memento from that time image

     

    Thanks for your words and I'll read about what this program is here.

     

    Much more to make on the horizon

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  • I am glad you understand. I couldn't believe it after more than a day of printing and more than month of design between two designs, it just came to the end, yesterday to find out all these dimensions were wrong. I suppose you can understand that trying to learn all this yourself, there is just so many question as to what to do and what should be accounted for. I had figured this as part of my "engineering education" that it would come natural but I was missing out on a lot.

     

    I'm glad there is someone else who gets it, and I'll give it a go again with the design in Fusion 360. Spent all this time thinking and making it happen, let alone videoing most it, I'll upload a video in my blog when I get a chance to do so image  It's been awhile since I have done a project video and the cringe not being so real XD

     

    I suppose too the shirt will be a memento from that time image

     

    Thanks for your words and I'll read about what this program is here.

     

    Much more to make on the horizon

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