Final Stretch: LED Heartrate Monitor

At this point, I have received all of the parts in the mail, and have started putting everything together. The step was to do quality control. I started by hooking…

Final Stretch: Heart Rate LED

Final BOM The bill of material is 100% complete. After some initial testing, it appears that everything I initially purchased will work as intended. Electronic Assembly The electronics are almost…

Construction Timeline: Heartrate LED Sensor

The Gantt chart, shown above, represents the remaining five activities left in the project. I chose to exclude activities that are already past. Final BOM The bill of material is…

Design Review: Heartrate LED Prototype

My project will be to create a device that measures the heartrate and flash red LEDs at the same rate as the heartbeat. I am keeping the upcycling theme and…

Top 5 Constraints

Project: Heartrate LED Constraint #1: Cost – I plan to spend less than $200 for this project. This includes LEDs, Arduino, relay, heartrate monitor, wiring, and fasteners. Constraint #2: Aesthetic…

Main Project Inspiration: Heartbeat LED

For my project, I would like to continue with the upcycling theme, and make an LED light that detects your heartrate and pulses red LEDs at the same rate. The…

Upcycle Final Report: Paperclip Bicycle

For this project, I wanted to create something similar to the toothpick ping pong trail we saw in class. After brainstorming for awhile, I remembered a small motorcycle statue I…

Design Loop Reality: Paperclip Bike

For the project of creating a desktop sized mountain bike using paper clips soldered together, the process has been largely trial and error. Once I got the idea, I researched…

Upcycle Progress: Paper Clip Art

After coming up with many terrible ideas for a project, I decided to look for inspiration. I got on my phone and googled “upcycled art,” hoping to see something that…

Aesthetic Exploration: The Golden Ratio

The golden ratio is a ratio of 1 to 1.618 that seems to be abundantly demonstrated in nature. This is mathematically represented by the Fibonacci series, 1, 1, 2, 3,…