The Big Shhh
The Full Story
The Big Shhh was greatly inspired by just being in a bad mood. Tasked with a creative spin on a sensor input and relative sensory output project, I was getting a (little) annoyed with volume levels in the lab I was working in. I decided to design a humorous spin on a box that would listen to people's volume levels and then react when they got "too" loud by telling them to shut up. To this day, this box sits in my living room and is a fun and playful project. Everything was designed from scratch apart from the image on the front which was borrowed and laser-etched into the wood. I used an Arduino as the microcontroller and it resides inside the unit.
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If you are interested in a detailed design and fabrication/assembly process, please check out the Full Project Documentation Below!
This design went through 2 main iterations, the first being focused on parts, wiring and coding and the second incorporating a custom encasing and finalizing the electrical system and microcontroller integration into the interior, with a power cord coming out the back for coding adjustments and testing/powering.
The Big Shhh in Action
The Process
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Choosing sensors, microcontroller, and other parts.
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2
Testing sensors, speakers, etc. and writing code to control via Arduino ​
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Create wiring schematic for the final soldering of the protoboard and functioning parts (code can still be adjusted)
Design Enclosure and fabricate using a laser cutter
Enclosure was designed in Fusion 360 using finger joints and then laser cut and glued together, leaving the top unglued to allow for the removal so any adjustments could be made to wiring and parts.
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