Project Ideation
Project Ideation
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1- Tell us about the purpose of your project. Which problem does it solve? Why do you care about this? What were you inspired by? Include images and videos of similar projects
1- Tell us about the purpose of your project. Which problem does it solve? Why do you care about this? What were you inspired by? Include images and videos of similar projects
The project is a mechanical clock that changes the time by shifting gears via motors.
Through this clock, we can know the time and see the number of clock changes in mechanical movement.
This clock gives an aesthetic shape and offers some features to the user like knowing the date, the temperature, emergency light, and other features I will take about it in the features section.
I care about this project because I will many of the features in this clock and will use various components, that will help me learn a lot of things in one project.
I saw a video on instructables for a similar clock, but I want to make another design and add some features to it.
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2- Describe the project idea and general features. How would it work?
2- Describe the project idea and general features. How would it work?
The project idea is a clock, this clock changes its time via gears and motors and I will turn it into a smart device that interacts with the user.
The general features of the project:
1-I Will add a touch screen to display some information to the user and interact with him.
The operation that will appear on the screen /
The clock will display the temperature on the screen.
The clock will display the date and time on the screen.
The clock will display the name of the day and month on the screen.
A welcome sentence will be displayed on the screen.
2-We will add speakers to the clock to do three things /
first, to make a sound like an alarm every hour passes.
Second, it will turn on the call to prayer to remind you of prayer times.
Third, it will turn on music and songs that the user choose through the touch screen.
3-We will use an LDR resistor to make a light night.
4-Through some electronic components we will make an emergency light for lighting during a power outage.
5- We will use a remote control to control the volume while playing music.
3- Sketch your project: You may use pen and paper or a simple sketching tool like Microsoft Paint or Photoshop
3- Sketch your project: You may use pen and paper or a simple sketching tool like Microsoft Paint or Photoshop
Project Planning
Project Planning
4- Describe the Technical Modules that your project consists of
4- Describe the Technical Modules that your project consists of
Construction Parts
The body of the clock will be made by a laser cutting machine.
The gears of the clock will be made by 3D printing.
Input
(Sensing, Tactile Input, and/or Graphical Input)
Sensing
The clock will sense three things/
1- will sense the temperature.
2-will sense the intensity of light.
3-will sense the presence of electric current or interruption.
Tactile Input
The input of the user will be through a touch screen to make the experience easier or through keypad.
Graphical Input
The graphical input will be displayed through a touch screen.
Action
(Physical and/or Graphic)
The Physical action:
The gears will change the time via motors and I will control the motion of gears throurh Arduino.
Brain
I will use the Arduino board as a brain of a clock.
Power Management
9v Adaptor
5- Create a cardboard prototype of your project, demonstrating the project face as well as internal movements and mechanisms. Include a demo video and photos of the prototype.
5- Create a cardboard prototype of your project, demonstrating the project face as well as internal movements and mechanisms. Include a demo video and photos of the prototype.
6- Categorize your project’s User Features into Minimum, Complete, and Nice-to-have features. List the required action and input components per feature.
6- Categorize your project’s User Features into Minimum, Complete, and Nice-to-have features. List the required action and input components per feature.
Minimum Features: are the least amount of features that would demonstrate the coverage of all the technical modules and their complete integration
Complete Features: are the set of features that will complete your original project objective and vision
Nice-to-have Features: are the extra set of features that will make the project cooler, yet they need extra time, effort, and/or resources to finish
Minimum User Features
gears move and change the time.
make an alarm every hour.
Sensing: Temperature sensor.
User Input: set the alarm.
Complete User Features
connect touchscreen to interact with the user.
The clock will display the temperature on the screen.
The clock will display the date and time on the screen.
The clock will display the name of the day and month on the screen.
A welcome sentence will be displayed on the screen.
light the numbers of the clock.
turn on the call to prayer to remind you of prayer times.
turn on music and songs that the user choose through the touch screen.
use an LDR resistor and warm LED to make a light night.
use a remote control to control the volume while playing music.
Nice-to-have User Features
make an emergency light for lighting during a power outage.
7- What are the project tasks and its time-frame?
7- What are the project tasks and its time-frame?
Task
Sub-Tasks
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8- What are the required electronic components and materials for the project?
8- What are the required electronic components and materials for the project?
Component/Material
Amount
Link
Remote control+iR receiver
1
Micro sd card module for arduino
1
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