I worked with Tanisha to finish setting up the Raspberry Pi with SSH so we could control the board remotely. I also tested the LED strips with the Pi and played with different brightness levels to see what would be most visible on the board and what would work best for roads, cities, and settlements.
I worked with May on the baseboard layout. I took measurements on the actual LED strip and cube pieces to figure out spacing/tolerances, and May translated that into the SolidWorks design so that all the components would line up.
I also set up the switch matrix and did the initial wiring. Tanisha helped with the soldering so everything was secured. While we did connectivity checks at each step, we believe some connections broke as we transported the components or as we continued building upon each piece, as there were still a few flaky connections once we finished. We will be switching to sturdier and bigger buttons and laser cutting a layer for the buttons to prevent all the pieces from moving around next week.