Week 5

I think this week only needs 1 photo and that will say it all. First, I went through I think 3 boards becasue the milling kept getting messed up when I tried to cut through the PCB board (even after I changed the drill bit). So after that I drilled 2 traces for good measure and then snapped them apart with my hands. Then once I had everything soldered and done I realized I hadnt make alterations to the original board. I used scrap pcb and jumper cables to connect a button, and I used an exacto knife to cut away some of the copper for appropriate resistors and an LED. I left the lab feeling semi-accomplished for pulling through on this assignment even if I maybe made the most ratchet board in HTMAA history. And then, after all that, someone bumped me as I was getting onto the T to go to class, ratchet board in hand for show and tell, and I dropped it. It got kicked around by a few people and while ratchet board surprisingly was still in tact, it did not work anymore so no video for this week.