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Ideation
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)
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)
Like Lana Del Rey said, well it's really becoming summertime sadness :(
One of the many reasons that make me prefer winter over the summer is the power outage issue,
it happens a lot and I could melt down in a second.
That's why I've decided to make a desk fan with controlled speed and a night light bulb for vision.
Tool Chain
Tool Chain
Tinker CAD
Software: Tinker CAD
Purpose: Design simulation for the electronic circuit
Materials: Electronic components:
Adapter
Jumper wires
Crocodile wires
Breadboard
Potentiometer
DC motor
Light bulb
Switch
Non-electronic components:
Cardboard
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
Design/Preparation Process
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?
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?
Wiring prototype
The idea was to create two parallel circuits, one for controlling the speed of the fan (DC motor) and the other one for the light source (bulb), both circuits are operated using two separate switches.
After checking the data sheet for both the potentiometer and the DC motor, I managed to choose the correct power supply with 5v and the resistor of 220 ohm.
OUTPUT: DC motor, Light bulb (for ventilation and vision)
CONTROL: ON/OFF switches, Potentiometer (to open and close circuit, control DC RPM)
POWER SUPPLY: 5v Adapter
AS FOR STEPS:
I choose a 5-volt power supply after I had checked the datasheet for each component.
I set one main switch to control the whole turn on/off device so that's why I connected it in series directly with the positive & negative lines in my breadboard.
I set a secondary switch in series with my lamp to turn it on/off separately.
I set another secondary switch in parallel with the first switch (to set each feature independently if the user wants to use the fan alone or the lamp alone it is up to them) and at the same time in series with the DC motor and potentiometer (to control the fan's speed).
Development/Implementation Process
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?
Explain the development/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?
Things weren't really as tidy as the simulation because of the legs of each component that didn't fit the pins in the breadboard, so the breadboard pins were only used to finalize the circuit through only the positive and negative lines.
As for the rest of the circuit I used crocodile wires to put the components together.
First I started with the breadboard to unify the 5v and ground lines connected with the adapter to supply the full circuit.
Then continued with the two parallel circuits first one with the light bulb and switch connected in series.
second one with switch, potentiometer, 220-ohm resistor and DC motor also connected in series.
AS FOR ENCLOSURE: I used cardboard with cutting and folding techniques to create an aesthetic shape for the fan clinder, wings, and box.
Community of Learning
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?
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?
To bring light into the darkness they say?
exactly! that's what we did by designing this lantern to insert the flashlight in, can't deny here that our main star was the rectangular pattern which is obviously the reason behind the easiness and beauty of geometrics.
Design link: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/flg9f6n0n9A-fantastic-leelo-borwo
Overcoming Challenges
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 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?
As expected, things got a bit messy.
After I had glued my fan to the motor using wax, I faced an overload issue that caused the failure of my first two attempts.
The glue hindered the mechanical movement of the motor.
Solution: to decrease amount of glue plus and to adjust a perpendicular support to the motor to horizontally fix it.
Final Project
Final Project
How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?
How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?
Now I know more about real sizes for machines and how to create a virtual estimation for them on software tools such as Laser cut and Cura, not to mention to take in consideration the limitations of producution in terms of how much materials are consumed and production time.
WOW!
WOW!
What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?
What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?
Checking out the precise work of the printing machines was mind blowing as it was my first practical experience which made me start to consider myself as areal maker!
Weekly Digest [OPTIONAL]
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.
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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Assignment Design Files
Assignment Design Files
Explain the development/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?
Explain the development/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?
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