User:Alan9487/ENES-100/project 1

Project Preference

 * Useless Box
 * Escher
 * Corn Starch

Problem Statement
The project that our team will be working on is the Useless Box. The Useless box will be designed to perform many different tasks and while it will look simple from the outside the inside workings that will make it do all of these functions will be complex.

Project Plan
The plan for our project is to decide on all of the individual functions of our useless box as well as learning how to use an arduino. We will then create the design for the box with a plan for all of the inner working and also gaihn the certification needed for tools that will be used.

Week 1
During the first week of our useless box project, we have spent a lot of time researching how to use the arduino, as well as using the arduino and gaining a bit of comfortability with it. We have also been brainstorming certain functions that we want it to do and coming up with a list of materials that will be needed. Finally we have been delegating specific tasks to each of the group members in order to get everyone involved and cut down on the workload for each single member.

Week 2
This week, our project goals consisted of continuing to research and write code for the individual functions of our "Useless Box". While the rest of the group was working on that part of the project, my task was to actually build a prototype box that we could use in order to test different components, i.e. on/off switch, LED lights, although we did not get to test them as of yet we will hopefully get that done during the next week. The prototype box that was built, is made of cardboard, I chose this because it was easy to work with, as well as easy to change if we would need to make changes in the weeks to come. Also the material chosen for the prototype is light weight and cheap and since the chances are that we will make some mistakes it is good to use this easily accessible and cheap material.