Week ( 5)- Journal

-the software or the program I used in that assignment was ( TINKERCAD ) to make the buzz wire circuit on it before applying it on the real circuit.

-the materials that I used to make the buzz wire game was cardboard to make the base and sides, a strong wire to form the wire and the loop that will pass on it, aplastic straw to put the loop on it, acrylic paints to paint the cardboard to be more appealing.

-the electronic components that I used were:

(jumper wires, crocodile wires, a buzzer, light bulb, power source(9v), regulator(5v), and an on-off switch).

firstly,

the wiring phase on tinkercad:

I tried a lot of circuits on TINKERCAD before anything to know if the circuit that I want to make will work or not before applying it on a real circuit so I started to ( connect the positive wire of the light bulb with the positive wire of the power source(9v) and also with regulator positive leg then I started to connect the negative wires of the buzzer, light bulb and negative leg of regulator together in a parallel way ( because i wanted the bulb to take all the 9v and i put a regulator to give the buzzer its 5v not all the 9v because it just needs the 5v and also to give the bulb a strong light , i also used the parallel way to give each component the current that it needed and that's could happen in a parallel way and not in a series way ) then I took a wire from a negative side and I connect that wire to a pushbutton on TINKERCAD that express the (loop) on real life in a series way, then to make the on-off switch I express it on TINKERCAD with a pushbutton then I connect that on-off switch to the negative side of the power source(9v) and also to the wire that I will form it which I express it on tinker cad with a push-button and I connect them in a series way ( i connected that part in a series way because i wanted the circuit to not work if the on/off switch is not open or give the permission to the circuit to turn on and also i don't want the wire to light or buzz without the loop touching it that's why i connected that part in a series way), i also connect the last pin on regulator to the positive leg of the buzzer .

( the fact that i used a 9v power source that's because the light bulb needs a lot of power source it takes to 12v so i used the maximum power source that i have which was (9v) then i connected it with (5v) regulator needed to keep voltages within the prescribed range that can be tolerated by the electrical tools using it so it exists in the circuit to give the bulb the voltage that is needed and also to regulate the amount of power that the other electronics on the circuit needed and not more than this).

secondly,

the wiring phase on the real circuit:

the electronic tools that I have had used in this project was :

(jumper wires, crocodile wires, a buzzer, light bulb, power source(9v), regulator(5v) and an on-off switch).

I started to apply that circuit on a real-life circuit using jumper wires, crocodile wires, a buzzer, light bulb, power source(9v), and an on-off switch to connect them together and after a lot of fails again I finally connected them by connecting the positive wires of the light bulb, regulator(5v) and a power source(9v) with each other on the same row on a circuit and the negative wires of the light bulb, buzzer, and the (5v) regulator together on the same row on the circuit using crocodile wires and jumper wires to connect them in a parallel way( because i wanted the bulb to take all the 9v and i put a regulator to give the buzzer its 5v not all the 9v because it just needs the 5v and also to give the bulb a strong light , i also used the parallel way to give each component the current that it needed and that's could happen in a parallel way and not in a series way ) and then I took one side of the on-off switch and connected to the negative part of the power source(9v), and then took the other side of the on-off switch and connected to the wire that I form it in surreal shapes ( I connected that part in a series way because I wanted the circuit to not work if the on/off switch is not open or give the permission to the circuit to turn on and also I don't want the wire to light or buzz without the loop touching it that's why I connected that part in a series way),then I took the last leg of the regulator(5v) and connected to the positive leg of the buzzer , and finally I took a jumper wire and put it on the negative row on the circuit with the negative wires of the light bulb and buzzer and then connect that wire to the looped wire that I will hold it and play with.

note ( to connect the light bulb I had to put crocodile wires on its legs and on the other head of the crocodile wires I put a male-male jumper wire and then put that wire to the circuit (and the same process with the on-off switch too ).

( to connect the wire that we form it with the on-off switch after we will put another crocodile wire to the jumper wire that we put it and then put the other head of that crocodile wire to the wire that we form it ( the same with the loop too) ).

NOTE:

I made a modification to the circuit because I was using a(9v) adaptor so I had to put a regulator and that the modification that I made to the circuit. ( the fact that I used a 9v power source that's because the light bulb needs a lot of power source it takes to 12v so I used the maximum power source that I have which was (9v) then I connected it with (5v) regulator needed to keep voltages within the prescribed range that can be tolerated by the electrical tools using it so it exists in the circuit to give the bulb the voltage that is needed and also to regulate the amount of power that the other electronics on the circuit needed and not more than this).

the design phase using cardboard:

after I designed all the circuit and it works >_< I started to make the design of the box of the buzz wire game so :

firstly,

( cardboard phase )

I brought a cardboard CALENDER which dimensions were ( 28*39cm) which I put it as a bottom base for the circuit and wires, then I made atop base which the base that we will saw it with cardboard which dimensions were ( 41.5*28cm) and the then I cut the box sides 2 were (25*8.5cm) and the other 2 were (6*41.5cm), and then I made another 2 sides which will put the wire inside and their dimensions were ( 34*12cm).

so: a brief for that

a bottom base were ( 28*39cm)

a top base were ( 41.5*28cm)

2 sides of the box were ( 25*8.5cm)

the other 2 sides of the box were ( 6*41.5cm )

the 2 sides that I will put the wire inside were ( 34*12cm)

secondly,

( painting phase )

after I cut all the parts I paint all of the them to be more appealing with black acrylic painting except the 2 two sides of the box I paint them with olive green acrylic to be not too boring

thirdly,

( assembly phase )

I assemble all the parts using hot glue and then I put the circuit inside the box while the light bulb, buzzer, and on-off switch, regulator(5v), and on/off switch(9v) I put them on the top.

fourthly,

( wire phase )

I bend the wire in a surreal shape then I put it on the hole on both sides and then I bend the loop too and put it on a straw to could hold it and play the game with it.

fifthly,

( decoration phase )

I started to write the name of the game and the start and end words to know the beginning of the wire and the end of it with colored pens on craft paper to make the game more fun. and also I put a green stripe on the top sides to make it more appealing.

video shows the buzz wire game

yes, I ask the instructor Esraa a lot about making the circuit on TINKERCAD because I struggle a lot on making it while I was making it a short circuit but she told me that this will make it not work and explained to me the circuit should work and that's helped me a lot and also she advised me to put a regulator to regulate the amount of power to the circuit and the light bulb.

also me and Doaa struggled with doing the circuit practically too but after a lot of tries we finally made it

and I and Doaa discussed a lot about making it and we helped each other on doing the circuit too

I got stuck a lot when I was making the buzz wire game circuit on TINKERCAD which I could not how to connect the on-off switch to a wire I tried to make it but unfortunately, it was a short circuit so it didn't work but the instructor Esraa helped me a lot to modify it and told me that the on-off switch should connect to the wire and the loop in a series way to complete the circuit and after a lot of tries I could make it after I connected the on/off switch in a series way and close the circuit with it to be a complete circuit and also Doaa helped me to figure it too also I got stuck when I was making it on a real circuit but after a lot of tries finally, made it. ( because I wasn't connecting both two wires ( the wire and the loop ) but after I disassemble the wires and assemble it again with concentration and assemble the wire with the negative side of the power source and the loop with the negative side on the breadboard that have the negative side of the bulb and buzzer .... it works >_< ).

I learned how to make a circuit with more than one component and apply that circuit to a simple project like a game or RC car I also got familiar with that H circuit and what it could do or help me like turning on 4 pushbuttons each 2 together.

learning how to make a circuit and light the led or light bulb and a buzzer with it for me it was so impressive to make something like that.

the first task of that week was to make a circuit and lighten the led and a buzzer on the same circuit I struggled at first because I am not familiar with the electric field but when Ahmed Waleed explains to us how it works it became easier and I made it.

midweek tutorials I tried to make lighten the bulb and lighten it up on the circuit after I watch the tutorials.

the last task of that week was to make an RC car in a group my teammates were Merit & Hussien

we started to make the 2 H circuits then after we made it we started to make the car design on fusion 360 software and we struggled a lot with the dimensions then we imported the files on RD works and cut it on laser machine but some parts were smaller than it should be so we fabricate them again and after that, we started to assemble all the parts together and before the hackathon, we tried the to play the car to make sure that everything is good.

and then the hackathon begins and unfortunately, we could not make it and win.