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)

Mini Desk Fan

The idea of this week's assignment was a Mini Desk Fan.

In this assignment, I had to make a device related to home usage with two output actions so I decided to make this project which includes the following action:

Rounding the fan blades when I open the switch.
The red led will be emitted during the fan running.

Tool Chain

Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?

Soft ware:

I have used the TINKER CAD platform for simulating the electronic circuit.

Tools:

Aristotle's triangle "You can use a ruler and protractor"
Compass.
Pencil.
Cutter blade.
Scissors.
Screwdriver.
Glue gun.

Electronic Components:

9V Adaptor.
Hobby Gearmotor.
Bread Board.
Light Emitting Diode (LED)
Two 220 Ohm resistors.
ON/OFF Switch.
Jumper wires.
Crocodiles.
Adaptor Socket.

Materials:

Cardboard.
Hot Glue.

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?

Simulation Process

the circuit diagram

Firstly, I started to draw the shown diagram as a step to help myself to imagine the structure of the circuit.

Then, I Used the TINKERCAD platform to simulate the circuit and calculate the values of current and resistors that I will need.

Note:

I used the 9V Adaptor as a power source because the 5V was not the best choice to run the engine properly also I had to use 2 of 220 Ohm resistors because the 330 Ohm wouldn't enough with the 9V adaptor So we had to increase the value of the resistor to prevent the LED burning out.

I also connected the components of the circuit in parallel, because if they are connected in series, the voltage will be divided by the number of components, each according to its resistance, and therefore not all components will work as required.

TINKERCAD Simulation

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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?

Integration Process

Building the circuit:

I used the electronic components I mentioned above to build the circuit of the project.

Circuit Building

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Circuit test:

After building all components of circuit, I plugged the adaptor into the electricity source to make sure that it is working properly.

Cutting the cardboard:

The next step was to cut the cardboard according to the following dimensions:

Electronics enclusure: 20*10*5 cm.
Fan rotation diameter: 15cm.
The neck of the fan: 20cm.

After that, I Assembled the structure of the fan using the glue gun.

Cardboard cutting

Mounting process

Mounting of the electronic circuit:

In this step, I have used adhesive tape to fix the breadboard into the bottom of the enclosure.

Mounting of motor:

The second step was to fix the motor above the connecting neck.

Mounting of switch:

And the final step was to fix the switch and the LED on the top of enclosure using crocodiles and jumper wires to connect them with the breadboard as shown.

Final Project:

It was the most exciting moment after a lot of effort to fix the electronic components without any separation of connection between it.

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Final project

Community of Learning

Did you ask for feedback? What are the ideas that others have contributed or suggested? What was someone else’s idea that you built upon? How did you help your peers? How did your peers help you?

Actually, while the EO Week session exercise, We exchange the knowledge and skills that we learned during the week. So, It's my favorite session. I eagerly wait for this session every week.

Overcoming Challenges

When you got stuck, what/who did you turn to? At what point did you have to pause to research or learn more before moving on? What are some mistakes, pitfalls, or challenges that others can avoid if they were doing this assignment?

When I was connecting the switch and LED with the breadboard, the connection wires were separated many times until I used the adhesive tape to prevent it from separating as shown.

Final Project

How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?

With no doubt, the skills and knowledge that I learned this week will help me to design and build the electronic circuit of 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?

In fact, this week was the most exciting week that I have spent during the diploma until now. I hope that the following weeks will be more exciting than this week. I really have learned a lot of things that I will mention in the next points:

Understanding the concept of the electronic circuit and its components.
Learning how to power every single component
Learning how to power multible components on the same circuit.
Understanding the concept of parallel and series connection.
Learning how to use the Avometer.

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.

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