Skittle Project

Project Description: In this project, I was working with my team to make a candy dispenser using the skills we learned in class. Some requirements was that we had to use a servo motor turn a wheel to dispense the candy. The groups were also assigned so my group was me , Blake, and Wardin. 

Brainstorming: We took a lot of inspiration from the model skittle dispenser in the room. The body and a lot of other thinngs were inspired by the model. We also mainly used Tinkercad and used a whiteboard to sketch out our ideas. 

Procedure: We started off by coding the servo motor in microbit and using tinkerkad to make a model. After we had finished this, we moved on to printing. However when we received our first prototype, we figured out that it was too big for standards as well as having no way for the servo motor to turn it. So our next revisions were focused on this. But the next time, we realized  the cylinders rod was too big and the skittles got stuck on top the funneling  system. This was easily solvable by adding a extra slope to the side so the skittles would just go to one point and fall out. Another minor set back was that on the last day, we found out our walls were too small and we had to reprint AGAIN. A major setback was that the most important part of our project was missing, our rotating circle. We had to make the new circle out of wood which made it too heavy and the servo couldn't move it. The glue also wouldn't try so in a last-ditch effort, we used tape. Which couldn't hold on for long enough.  

SOUL Reflection: 

• Our strength was that we planned out the project well.

• We could have used our time better but also we had a lot of issues with out buidl throughout the project.

• This project was really useful for helping us use important tools to build. Also we learned that if you spend your time well, you can have really high efficiency. 

• The time we were given really put a lot of stress on us. Since we were only given around three classes to finish, we were not able to add too much detail and the functionality ended up not being the greatest. 

WISCR: For the I in WISCR I think that we really had to challenge our minds and had to think outside the box to make this  project work. Also, being an insightful, critical thinker is  practiced in every project because you have to come up with your own ideas and have to figure out how to execute it. I also think we were the C in WISCR because we figured out who would do what by communicating to each other. We also could tell each other what needed to be done and how we could fix things. This definentely improved our efficiency but also helped how we would communicate in the future.