User:Seconnelly13/ENES-100/Project One/my design

CONCEIVING AND ENGINEERING SYSTEMS

Idea
Re-create a TRON: Legacy costume (as seen in the movie).

Problem Statement
Design and build a TRON: Legacy costume using a black morph suit, helmet, EL wires, lillypad arduinos, switches, and LEDs.

System goals and requirements
Goals: Demonstrate EL wire, switches, computer control over them, wearable computers to help sell engineering at HCC to Howard County Public school kids, and sell engineering within HCC.

Requirements: Build costume that most people can wear, be washed and repaired.

Necessary system functions
Necessary system functions: EL wire, switches, LED's, arduino integration.

Functions: Lillypad arduino must light when disk is removed from the morph suit. Also EL wire on suit must go dark when disk is removed as well.

Risks and alternatives
Risks: Super glue/crazy glue may tear off (with EL wire) when fabric is stretched (being put on).

Risks and alternatives: Lipo batteries may get hot if used to power the suit. Alternatives include tethered cable to power source and other battery technologies.

Next Steps
Once our orders come in, the design of the EL wiring can be planned out on the actual costume and start putting it together.

Attaching EL wire to costume and helmet along with lillypad arduino.