P9 Reverse Engineering

Here are the list of 25 things.

Here is a slideshow and picture of our final result.

Reflection:

Using the tools that my teacher had, and the help of my peers, Olivia and Austin, we was able to take apart a DELL computer tower (in the picture above). I was able to label almost all the parts that Olivia, Austin and I were able to take apart. We did this because we wanted to do something that we haven't tried before. One of our ideas was to make something, or program something, like a sphero or drone, or make something, like a movie scene or a stop motion video. In the video, there were a lot of parts. Research provided by Olivia, here are the parts explained. The computer fan: This fan works by removing the heat that builds up around the computer processor. This ensures the temperature around the CPU is stable. CPU: CPU is an abbreviation or central processing unit, or the central processor. The CPU is the brain of the computer where most calculations take place. Video card: The video card connects to the motherboard of a computer system and generates output images to display, they also include a processing unit,memory, and a cooling mechanism. Motherboard: The mother board is like the spine, it is the link between all the different components inside the computer. The motherboard allows the CPU, RAM, and all other computer hardware components to communicate with each other. Last but least, the DVD player:This disc is capable of storing a significant amount of data than a standard compact disc. Widely used for storing and viewing movies and other data. During the process, I learned that a computer tower has a lot of wires, data chips, and a lot of parts to make the base of a computer. I also learned that the biggest parts in the box was the mother board and the fan to cool the tower down (If you don't know what the parts are, take a look at the video above). The 7 standards that my project is tied to is Global Communicator. I think that this standard fits with my project because we were able to take apart a computer tower/box, and were able to label the parts, and make a video to the people who maybe don't know what these computer parts are, or want to learn more about this type of engineering from maybe what we are; students, teachers, or people who are just interested with this type of hobby. The challenge that I had with this project, but had overcame, was to actually take apart as much as we can, to be able to find out what type of parts they were and find a reliable source. There were a lot of screws that had to be taken off, but some were many sizes too small, or too large to be taken off. How I overcame this challenge was to press down harder with an almost exact size and came to a completion of a computer fully taken apart. Given a chance to do this again, I would change on how long project took, and having a better shot of what we were doing. I think this because I cropped the picture too much and doesn't get the full picture of what it looks like. I think this because we should have taken 2-3 days to take apart the computer, and spend most of our time researching what parts they were and writing our reflections. Instead, we took about 4-5 days to take the computer apart, and we spent 2-3 days on the research, and didn't have time to write the reflection in our class time. This project relates to future careers, such as an electrician, computer scientists, and maybe be able to build these towers in a factory, or wherever they are built.

Work Cited:

• ( Expert village, Computer hardware information: How do computer fans work) Youtube
• (https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/CPU.html )
• https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-video-card-function-definition-types.html )
• (https://www.ebuyer.com/blog/2013/12/what-does-a-motherboard-do/ )
• (https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/d/dvd.htm )