Testing

In the first test we will video 5 different people turning the handle and opening and closing the door 3-5 times each. Slowing down the video will allow us to approximate the time of motion and angle of the door when it opens for each individual person to determine the average angular velocity.

Once we find the angular velocity we can then determine the rotational kinetic energy and the moment of inertia which will determine the specifications of the components of the lock system.

While the test is happening, the energy created from rotating the handle and opening the door will be measured by connecting a digital multi-meter to the gear motor and reading the output when the door is opened. We need to try and see how much energy we can create and see how much of that we ca harness for the card reader.

According to Public safety it requires 24 volts to unlock the door and 12 volts to power the card reader, so when we go to test we will choose the gear motor and the capacitors accordingly.

Creating the energy to power the lock is one thing, but storing it is another. Activity of the lock is essential to producing the necessary power. Issues may arise if the location of the lock system is an inactive one. Testing will be performed to determine how long the capacitors can store the energy.

In this test the components of the circuit will be connected to the voltage source generator. Using a multi-meter we can measure how much the boost converter can increase the input voltage and also how long it takes to charge and discharge the supercapacitor bank.