Process

The idea took flight gradually over several weeks. Once I had honed in on what I wanted to do, I sketched out the concept and planned the mechanics with pseudo code.

The process can be broadly outlined as follows:

1. Understand the brief by reading through it carefully

2. Ideate around the solutions that would be possible. Identify a solution that I am passionate in pursuing

3. Prototype electronics, this went through several versions and iterations. It took many hours to calibrate the precise timing

4. Ideate on the form of the prototype

5. Code up the final prototype. This part was challenging to get it working consistently. It is still a little unreliable

6. Build the 'looks like prototype.

7. Refine both of the above to ensure they work together (e.g. put the LED on a lead to combine them).