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ENGR B47 Intro. to Egr . & Design Lab #2. The Design Process & The Book Light. September 4, 2014. Today’s Agenda. Design Process example 1: HPH Design Process example 2: IDEO Start a project of our own Info on LEDs Info on building a circuit Divide into teams
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ENGR B47Intro. to Egr. & DesignLab #2 The Design Process &The Book Light September 4, 2014
Today’s Agenda • Design Process example 1: HPH • Design Process example 2: IDEO • Start a project of our own • Info on LEDs • Info on building a circuit • Divide into teams • Define project specifically • Start drawing up designs
The Design Process Imagine it. Design it. Build it. Improve it. - Landis p.39 • Specifics in 2.2 - 2.3 • Walk through case study
Design ProcessCase study: Human-Powered Helicopter Step 1: Customer Need or Business Opportunity • Different than business route • Design prize offered by The American Helicopter Society (AHS) • “Isn’t about creating a practical machine. It is an engineering challenge to the vertical flight technical community. This is a multi-disciplinary project that harnesses technical skills and teamwork to overcome what many have said for three decades was an impossible challenge” • Open up new possibilities • First offered in 1980, $25k payout From AHS website, accessed 2014-09-01
Design ProcessCase study: Human-Powered Helicopter Step 2: Specifications and Constraints • Set by rules Human-Powered Helicopter competition • Rotary wing • Capable of VTOL • Flight time: 60 seconds • Altitude: must exceed 3 meters momentarily • Drift: stays within 10 meter square* • Energy storage: not permitted • Lighter than air gasses: not permitted ... and others From AHS website, accessed 2014-09-01
Design ProcessCase study: Human-Powered Helicopter • What was not said • Use 6061-grade aluminum • The four blades should have a teardrop profile • The hand-crank should should be positioned above the pilot • We don’t care how it works, we care that it works If AHS knew how to build the best HPH, they’d have done it already! From AHS website, accessed 2014-09-01
Design ProcessCase study: Human-Powered Helicopter Step 3: Data and Information Collection Step 4: Development of Alternative Designs Step 5: Evaluation of Design / Selection of Optimal Design Step 6: Implementation of Optimal Design Step 7: Test and Evaluation Step 8: Redesign! (“fail fast”) From AHS website, accessed 2014-09-01
Design Process • Book tracks those of U. of Maryland Team • Gamera I • Gamera II • “Whether the Gamera team (or any other team) will have won the Sikorsky Prize by the time you read this is anybody’s guess”...
Sikorsky Prize Winner! • Set on June 13, 2013 • Completed by AeroVelo • $250,000 cash prize Image from Popular Mechanics article posted July 11, 2013
Sikorsky Prize Winner! Video available on AeroVelo website: http://www.aerovelo.com/projects/helicopter/intro/
Example #2: IDEO’s Shopping Cart • Video from 1999 (don’t laugh!) • Follows a premier design company - IDEO • Watch the process in action • Video available on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL23EB9F0658CEDF6A
The Book Light Project Searched common online marketplace for “Book Light” about nine hours ago (link)
What Tools Do We Need? • Light source is LED • Info here is paraphrased from Georgia State University “HyperPhysics” website http://tinyurl.com/LEDinfo4BC • How is it different from light sources we know? • How does it work?
Knowledge of Basic Circuits • Wires are like electron superhighways • Idealized as resistance of 0.000 Ω • Never any electron traffic jams • Battery is like electron elevator (pretty bad metaphor but the best I can do) • Low energy electrons come in • High energy electrons go out • Will add in a switch • “Open” means you’ve put up a roadblock • “Closed” means you’ve re-opened the superhighway
Time to Make Teams • Ideally... • Everyone gets a person familiar with circuits • Everyone gets a person with soldering experience • If not? • Welcome to real life • Be prepared to learn • Don’t fake it - ask some questions
Design Criteria A device that gives off LED illumination when “clipped” to a book (off otherwise) Has construction sturdy enough to withstand everyday use Is visually appealing to the user
Constraints • Materials • Chip clip (various) • LED • Wire • Battery holder • AAA batteries • SPST NO switch • Electrical tape • Other components, decorations, paint (not supplied)
Tentative Schedule • Week 1: Preliminary Designs • Week 2: Finalize Design, Wiring • Week 3: Aesthetics, Ergonomics, Refinement • Week 4 (Sept 25): Evaluation/ Presentations