Week 3
What Kind of Engineering?
We used electrical engineering and biomedical engineering.
Project Description
We need to create a coronavirus monitor and symtom detection system. This machine would monitor ones oxygen levels, tempature readings, and wether they have a dry cough or not. There sensor inputs need to be connected to logic that would light-up certain lights or call emergency services depending on the number of symptoms present.
Design Process
Step 1
In the beginning we researched what each of the logic gates did by studying the logic tables of the gates. These gates would have to be used in our logic to power lights depending on the switches or sensors readings.
Step 2
Next, we created the circuit to make sure everything worked. This was the longest step filled with trial and error as we tried many combination of logic gates to meet the requirement.
Step 3
After our initial design for out logic gate layout was complete, we then worked on streamlining the ciricuit to make it more simple and use less logic gates which would make the final circuit easier to understand and cheaper to manufacture.
Final Circuit Design
Circuit Development
Version 1
Combinational Logic was used, but the logic and lights do not work.
Version 2
Version 2 of our logic gates, not very stream lined and the red LED doesn't work, but other lights work
Version 3
Our final streamlined design and fully functional. It was then found that circuitlab was just not working with switches so we switched over and remade our design on circuitverse
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