20 August (Monday)
29th Group Meeting & Production Time
- Cutting the wires for the panels are all finished and soldering also almost done now just left the wiring for the house buttons.
21 August (Tuesday)
30th Group Meeting & Production Time
- Now our main priority is soldering the wires into the LEDs and putting the LEDs and wires onto the panels.
22 August (Wednesday)
31st Group Meeting & Production Time
- The next day is suppose to be our final day to finish the whole thing and ready to be transported to Sunway Pyramid.
- The wires for the LEDs almost finish and might finish by today.
- We continue placing the LEDs on the panels and spraying paint on all the panels for the finishing touch.
- We also plan out the flooring to support the whole shape of the structure together.

23 August (Thursday)
32nd Group Meeting & Production Time
- The exhibition day is coming closer. We finally finished all the panels with LEDs and troubleshoot every single one of them.
- After that we try to form the roof piece by piece and place it on the wall panels.
- For the house buttons we solder the wires in it and put on a test run to see if its working.
- We also made layers for the houses to add more support.
- Today was also the day when the clients come in to check in with us on our finishing before the big day comes.
24 August (Friday)
33rd Group Meeting & Production Time
- The last day before the big day. We try to finish as much as we can for the next day.
- We troubleshoot all the LEDs to see if its in working order before shipping to Sunway Pyramid.
- We loaded our stuff in vans and headed to Sunway Pyramid loading bay. Then we unload them and headed to our designated spot to set up.

- We took many hours to set up and build up the dome structure. In the meantime we are also awaiting for the houses to get ready.
- In the end we didn't get to make all 8 houses work so we decided to cut it to 3 working ones.
- It took many hours but the houses are finally ready. We hurriedly put up all the houses and see if everything is ready.
- There were problems with the wiring of the houses so our programmer and the help of our lecturer tried their very best to fix the problem before its open to the public.
25 August (Saturday)
Exhibition Day 1
- Finally everything is working well and its a few minutes before opening.
- We took shifts those in the morning and afternoon because we were all exhausted from getting everything up and running.
- Our installation wasn't what we imagined to be with alot of setbacks and cutting short some things but overall it became a hit from just a few hours later.
- People all flooded in, attracted to the structure of the dome and the stars lighting up above.
- Our installation was really popular with the small children. They all really like to see the stars light up when they off the house lights.
- We got to spread the message to the public and at the same time wow them with it.
- The press came and took pictures with us for an article.
- After the next shift our programmer check for any bugs and the wires if there was any problem before proceeding.
26 August (Sunday)
Exhibition Day 2
- The second and last day of our exhibition, everyone was tired but determined to go through the day.
- The press came again and interviewed every group about the installation and the whole experience.
- Another busy day of entertaining the public. There weren't any big problems happened but there were some minor bugs here and there.
- After that, at 10 p.m we started dismantling but before that we surprised our lecturers with a cake to celebrate their patience helping us and our whole class during this entire semester.
- Then back to work dismantling everything. We didn't took long to finish it.
- Our stuff are then loaded and sent back to our college lab.
- It was a long tiring day everyone celebrated and went home to rest. Overall it was a good experience and we learnt alot from this.
Discussions
Become a Hackaday.io Member
Create an account to leave a comment. Already have an account? Log In.