Week 5 - Journal
Ideation
Tell us about your assignment's idea for this week. Why do you care about this idea? What inspired you? (Please include images or links to sources of inspiration)
I liked the idea of the game when I saw it in the examples presented in the assignment so I decided to do it
I searched on YouTube to understand how I can do it easily
Tool Chain
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
Tinkercad program
Cardboard
metal wire
mini Breadboard -Jumper wires - LED - Resistor
ON/OFF switch - Buzzer -Crocodile wires
- 5volt adaptor Because all components need the amount of current produced by it
Design/Preparation Process
Explain the design and/or preparation process of your assignment. How did you use the tool or software to design and/or prepare your assignment before fabrication/implementation?
I used the Tinkercad program and put the mini Breadboard, the LED and the resistance to be able to turn on the LED without burning it
Then I placed the buzzer and made sure of the connection according to the positive and negative direction and connected the negative terminal of the power source to the mini Breadboard
I connected the positive terminal of the power source and made sure that the circuit was closed by starting the simulation and indeed the LED and buzzer worked
Finally, I connected ON/OFF switch and made sure that all parts were working when simulating
Development/Implementation Process
Explain the development/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?
I tested each component separately to make sure that it was effective and then connected all the components that would connect to the mini Breadboard
I connected the positive and negative terminals and made sure the circuit worked
Then I inserted the on/off switch into the electrical circuit
I made sure that the circuit was closed and inserted the parts of the metal ladder that make up the two ends of the game
VID-20220818-WA0037.mp4In this video I was trying all the components and parts and doing a preliminary test of the game before assembling it and putting it in the Cardboard
Here I cut the Cardboard and opened a place for each component according to its size
I assembled the cardboard parts and put the components in their places with their electrical connections
Finally, I connected the two parts of the metal wire that make up the game
I touch both ends of the metal wire to make sure that the game works
Here's our game
VID_20220821_214946.mp4lets play 💪🏻🔗
Overcoming Challenges
What kinds of challenges or problems did you face while doing the assignment, tutorials, or exercises? How did you solve them? Did you ask for help from an instructor or peer? Please provide a link to the tutorial or article that you used to solve your problem (if any)
I had a problem with how to connect the metal wires at both ends of the circuit and I watched these videos to understand the method of connection (https://youtu.be/rEakR6PyWDc https://miniscience.com/kits/buzzwire/index.html)
Final Project
How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?
Through this week's lectures, we can understand the basics of electrical connections and simulate them on the Tinkercad program, and this will certainly help us greatly in the final project.
WOW!
What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?
VID-20220821-WA0001.mp4
Makeathon!!One of the most interesting things we did this week was Build a simple Sumo RC Car My partner Yassin and I think I will never forget this experience because it is the first experience of an electric product that I have done
Weekly Digest [OPTIONAL]
Tell us about any other cool things that you've made this week: in the Hands-on activity, tutorial examples, exercises, or any other cool mini-project that you tried out aside from the assignment.
The dish party😅😍is one of the cool and joyful things that happened that made us get to know the members of the diploma and be more close to each other.