This week I modified some details of the design for the board, especially the part integrating with the LEDs. The exact measurement of the distance between the individual LEDs weren’t specified, so I had to measure it myself, and with the error in measuring by hand I need to consider tolerance in the design. I decide for the top of the board to have 3 layers, on the very top is plywood layer, which is the actual board with the grid. I am deciding between 1. cutting small circles of frosted acrylic to fill in the holes of the plywood layer to better diffuse light, and 2. simply adding a whole layer of frosted acrylic under the plywood layer to diffuse light, less work more money. And then under that will be a layer to stick our LED strips on, which will be plywood strips, to reduce weight.
And I’m also taking pictures of the chess pieces to work on the cv part. I took some under room light settings, and will need to take more after working with Claire for different colored LEDs and the lamp on the phone mount we’re using.
I’m on schedule and no big design modifications were made that needs schedule changes.