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 the source inspiration)

This week’s assignment is to design, simulate, and build a simple electronic device that performs two actions. For my project, I chose to create a turntable device. The device will perform two actions: rotation (spinning the platform

Tool Chain

What Software/machines/materials did you use in assignment? why ?

Software : Autodesk tinkercad

Component: On/off Switch

Component: 5v Adapter

Component: DC motor

Component: Screw Terminal block to female DC power adapter

Component: Mini-BreadBoard

Model making tools:

Cutter
Double Face tap
Glue Gun
Cardboard

Component: Jumper Wires

Component: Crocodile Wires

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?

At first, I started by designing the circuit on tinkercad:

1) connected the 5v power source with On/Off button in series.

2) connected the dc motor to the two rails
3) connected the Led light in parallel with the motor

4) connected a red LED parallel to them with a 220-ohm resistor.

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?

1-Connecting the LED with Resistance

2-Connecting the LED with Resistance

3-Cutting the Bottom ad Top of the Turntable using Cutter

4-Mouning parts and components together

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4-Mouning parts and components together

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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?

Based on my peers’ recommendation, I used a hot glue gun instead of UHU glue to assemble the cardboard layers for the tower."

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?

1-Building the Physical Model: After the design, assembling the actual components could have been challenging, particularly keeping connections stable and components in place.

2-: The motor could not reach the to and I overarmed it by building layers of cardboard to create a tower as a stable base.

Final Project

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

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Assignment Design Files

Files

TinkerCd

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