Building The Prototype — Part 2: Assembly

Written on December 9, 2020

After the paint had dried, I was today able to continue assembling the device. These are all the parts (apart from the wires) that would need to get assembled:

The final parts to assemble

Then I assembled all the components. I needed to solder some smaller elements, e.g., the phone jacks and the little button PCB. Gladly, everything fits where it should, having made the assembly relatively straight forward.

Wiring

I had the only issue due to the slightly tighter “window” resulting from the filling and spray paint. Two flip dots in the corners were not flipping correctly, as the additional tension was holding them put. A little bit of filing seemed to do the trick.

Assembly at the desk

Device Open Assembled

Now, as the device is put together, I can refine the website’s interaction and finalize the messages themselves.