Andrew Kroll’s Worklog

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  • Post last modified:March 30, 2025
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  • TODO
    • Assist with assembly
  • Week 9
    • Finished CAD of box
  • Week 8
    • Box model includes ridge, standoffs, and is fully parameterized
  • Week 7
    • Basic CAD model of the box
  • Week 6
    • Continued Researching protection circuitry.
    • Started to figure out open source cad software
  • Week 5
    • Research powering the teensy without using the USB
    • See if any protection circuitry is needed.
  • Week 4
    • Setup version control
    • Briefly looked into adding more waveform types, but this was superseded by our decision to go digital.
  • Week 3
    • Figured out how to read user inputs using our microcontroller
  • Week 2
    • Did a ton of reading about MIDI synthesizers.
    • Looked into digital synths
  • Week 1 – Spring 2025
    • Skimmed through the datasheets of the components my team is using
    • Read about how to create various kinds of power supplies
    • Started reading about how synthesizers typically work.
  • Sketch. As I am still trying to get up to speed, this is just my general understanding of the vague idea of what it will look like by the end of the semester.
  • My understanding of our projects pipeline:

Week 9 Sketch: