PLTW Design Process

1. Define Problem

Soletric is looking to create a sustainable solar powered electric bike that incorporates a GPS (Tracking) system that can be ridden for many miles. Where the range can be calculated through a display to let the rider know how many miles they have left and measures the battery voltage. They are looking to have a USB Charger somewhere on the bike from their previous project. 

2. Generate Concepts

Soletric team created various brainstorm ideas on how our bike should function and look:

3. Develop a Solution

Out of our concept sketches we took our most promising brainstorming idea and made our solution to the problem. We described multiple functions of the bike that the team is going to incorporate into the bike and a sketch with all of the futures that are doing to make the bike function properly turning it into a buildable design.

4. Construct & Test Prototype (In Progress)

Based on our problem, we are building a working model from the 3D model we created on fusion & the sketches we did in our notebooks. For the test we decide to test the printing tolerance of the rough draft case that we modeled (It may go through different iterations). The first 3D print went through a spaghetti failure (On the right of 3D print picture), so during the second test print we adjusted the temperature of the printer. This allowed the print to go smoothly (on the left of the 3D print picture) and represent the model. part way through we switched the filament to see if the quality of the different brands of filament will affect the 3D print (hence why some of the print is colored blue). After the print was completed instantly we realized that the 3D printed antenna that was there for the test snapped easily meaning on the actually model we should make some kind of support for it.

5. Evaluate Solution

6. Present Solution