Good Documentation/Prototyping Practices and Wearables
Due Week 12: Create the custom volumetric object or objects you will need for your wearable in Sketchup unless you are already using Rhino or C4D. Export an .stl file that you will hand in on Canvas. For example, this could be a case for your pi with belt loops or sewing fasteners, a special buckle, closure, wire-separator, or LED mount- or something completely new. Document this step. In class during week 13 you will share your file on Thingiverse.
Due Week 13: Complete the wiring for your project as well as the basic python code.Document this step
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Good documentation and good Prototyping are often very similar. These recommendations from Tom Igoe are pretty standard:
Document your projects thoroughly as you go; don’t put it off until the end.
When posting to a site (if you choose- a good open-source practice, make things text-searchable, so they show up on search engines for others to use.
Good documentation should include a description and illustration of your project. You should include what it looks like, what it does, what the user or participant does in response. When it’s interactive, mention and show what the user does. Your explanation should give enough information that someone who’s never seen the project can understand it.
You should also include a section describing how the project works, aimed at a more informed reader (your instructor, or next year’s classmates). Include a system diagram to make clear what the major components of the system are and how they communicate.
Use pictures, drawings, and videos liberally to explain your work.
Make sure any code that you post is well-commented, so you and others can understand what it does. Don’t overload your notes with code.
Make sure to cite sources from which you get your ideas, code, circuits, and construction techniques. When you base your work on someone else’s, cite the original author and link to their work, just as you would when quoting another author in a paper.
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Let's think about what you might need to model and print for your wearables. If you want something printed, email your .stl file to eaalab at ramapo dot edu.
If you don't use C4D or Rhino, you can use Sketchup
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