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)
the idea of this week's assignment is to design, simulate, and build a simple electronic device that performs two actions.
Buzz Wire Game!
When I was a kid I used to watch some TV shows that hosts celebrities, there was one show that has different games for the celebrity to play, one of these games was the buzz wire, and I always liked the game and thought it was too easy to play and if I got to play it I would actually win from the first time, (turns out I'm wrong) so I was pretty excited when I found that I could actually make a similar one at home!
Tool Chain
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
I used Autodesk Tinkercad for circuit simulation.
Material:
-Breadboard
-Jumper wires.
-LED
-Resistor.
-ON/OFF switch
-Buzzer.
-Crocodile wires.
-5 volt adaptor.
-Cardboard.
-Tinfoil.
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?
Designing steps:
-First, I dragged the components I'm going to use in simulation, same as one in real life except for the button, I couldn't find the on/off switch so I used the push button.
-I connected the buzzer as a normal circuit, made sure it was working properly, then connected the LED to make sure that it was connected in parallel.
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?
First, I connected the circuit as I did in the simulation.
then I replaced the push button with the on/off switch.
IMG_9462.MOVhere's a video with the circuit working with the switch.
Final Project!
Finally, I made the cardboard enclosure and made a disconnection in the circuit so we can play the game!
IMG_9467.movAnd as we can see it's not as easy as I thought it would be!😁
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?
I had a problem with the wire, I couldn't use something solid enough like what was used in the tutorial, So Eng. Amany suggested using tin foil instead, which I did.
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?
I got stuck with the parallel connection so I watched the tutorial again and made one similar to it on tinkercad and used the LED instead of the DC motor.
Final Project
How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?
This week was very helpful to try to understand how electricity works and how we can make different circuits with different components which will obviously be a great help when it comes to wiring and connecting 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?I
Makeathon!
The coolest thing we made this week is building and designing the coolest RC car ever! 😍
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.
Midweek Exercise
I think (although being an Engineering graduate) this is the first time I connected the 7 segment while actually understanding what is happening!
IMG_9222.MOV