SKETCH LITE

Inspiration

We felt that it was important to teach kids how to draw from an early age as it helps to foster their creativity and keeps them interested in some form of art, even if that form does not relate to drawing later on in life.

What it does

This drawing pad utilizes a bed of LEDs at the bottom, which shines light through a stencil through an acrylic sheet, which allows the user to place a sheet of paper on the acrylic to draw on.

How we built it

Using the resources provided to the team through Horizons, we were able to obtain the LED strips and cut and soldered the strip to a power block to light up the pad. For the casing, stencils, and acrylic sheet, we designed the model in CAD software and laser cut the pieces of the casing and stencils out of chipboard, then assembled the cut pieces.

Challenges we ran into

A few of the challenges we ran into involved powering the LED strips, as we were unsure of how to secure a power connection to the device. We were able to overcome this by working with the team at the Hive in order to find a solution to properly light the LED strip.

What we learned

We learned how to create a product that would facilitate the education of kids that will hopefully help them foster their creativity. We also learned more about electronics and the different steps that go into creating a product based on electronics.

Built With

• bandsaw
• electronics
• laser-cutting
• power-distribution
• rhino3d
• solder