The document describes problems encountered and solutions developed by the CUinfinity team in designing, building, and programming their project. It discusses issues with dimensions in the logo sketch, incompatibility between software programs used for CAD work, inappropriate voltages from batteries for the electrical wiring, and challenges getting the desired flashing behavior in the LabView code. The team solved these problems by converting dimensions, exporting files in different formats, testing battery voltages, and implementing boolean loops in the code.

1. CUINFINITY Charles Elliot, David Taylor, TaggRidler, Zach Allen, Martin Heaney, Matthew Tabor

2. Original Logo Sketch

3. Improved Logo Sketch

4. Final Logo Sketch

5. CUinfinity- Problems Problems encountered with sketching logo and creating acrylic components: The hand-drawn draft of the logo had centimeters as dimensions. Tagg thought his template in SketchUp was also in metric, but it was in inches and feet. Google SketchUp files are not compatible with CarelDraw, so we couldn't use the laser cutter when we originally thought we would be able to.

7. CUinfinity- Problems Google SketchUp files are not compatible with CarelDraw, so we couldn't use the laser cutter when we originally thought we would be able to. Steps to solve the problem: 1. We downloaded the free plug-in for SketchUp that enables an export option for .dxf files, and saved it in a specific folder in the windows system. 2. This didn't initially work, so we tried converting the file to an SVG format.

8. CUinfinity- Problems 3. This didn't work either, so we continued to explore the .dxf conversion method. 4. The option to use the plug-in for exporting .dxf was located in a different menu than we thought, and we ended up being able to use it to create a .dxf file, which enabled us to finally use the laser cutter.

9. CUinfinity- Problems Problems encountered with writing LabView code and wiring electrical components: The initial battery's voltage was inappropriate for the wiring required for our logo's design. The next battery’s voltage was too high for the inverter to handle. The lab view code had to use boolean loops to gain a flashing/non-flashing light.

12. Steps to solve the problem:

13. The 6 volt battery made the inverter overload.

14. The team tested the output of the battery and the inverter and decided the voltage has to be under 5 volts.

17. CUinfinity- Problems

18. CUinfinity- Problems Working with the electrical components and LabView.

19. CUinfinity– Create Working with the laser cutting software.

20. CUinfinity– Create 30 Watt Laser cutter, with finished design on acrylic inside.

21. CUinfinity– Create Adding the EL wire to the Logo.

22. CUinfinity– Final Result