User:Felhariri3680/enes100/Rube goldberg

Link to project FJK team page.

Give instructor top 3 project choice list

 * Coanda
 * Rube Goldberg
 * Boat

Write problem statement

 * How can the team use parts of a laser printer to create a Rube Goldberg machine?

Assign Task1

 * Over the weekend, I will research and find out which parts of the printer we can use to create a simple machine. Also, I will start dissembling the laser printer.

Compare actual work done to Task1

 * I looked up the parts of the printer and found many parts such as the rollers, gears and the fan that can be used to create a simple machine. Additionally, the dissembling of the printer has begun.

Week1 Narrative
The team was actually able to successfully dissemble the fan, gears, and many roller bars that will be used in our rube goldberg machine.

Assign Task2
Create a successful design in my engineering notebook that will portray what our complete machine might look like.

Compare actual work done to Task2
Two models of the rube goldberg project were created by hand in my engineering notebook.

Week2 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week2 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task3
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the weekend between week2 and week3 of the project here.

Compare actual work done to Task3
Rationalize differences

Week3 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week3 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task4
Create a mini sailboat using light material and a cube that can hold water for the boat to float on.

Compare actual work done to Task4
Instead of doing the assigned task 4, I decided to take a detour and play with the arduino in order to power the important DC fan for the rube goldberg machine.

Week4 Narrative
Since the DC fan went to around 24 volts, an outside power source was needed in order to power it so I connected a toshiba adapter into the arduino. With lessons on electricity and how simple circuits work, I was successful in powering the arduino fan. The negative wire or the red wire was placed into the "Vin" slot in the arduino while the black wire was placed in the ground slot so it can act like a circuit. The next step is to control the speed of the fan using the PMW side of the arduino.

Complete Project Page

 * Refer to team page for Project summary and analysis