During the second week of our Design Project, we set a goal of settling on one idea to work on. Starting from the ideas listed throughout our brainstorming session, we began evaluating whether a project would be possible based on budget, time-span, and what skills we possessed. Since we had an extra week, we took this time to talk to friends and family members about issues they faced within daily life and their professions. The idea that we eventually settled on was constructing an automated pill dispenser, in order to aid elderly and forgetful patients who often forget to take their medicine. During our design lab, we began drawing up possible designs, and listing out the components that we would need. Some of these included an Arduino board, servo motors, and other small components. After consulting with our professor, we received approval to begin writing up a design proposal.
During the fourth week of our Design Project, the team worked on sourcing and gathering all of the materials that we would need for the project. This included cardboard, hinges, servo motors, wiring, and an arduino board. The weekly lab period was used for creating the basic design concept of the device in AutoCAD, and starting the coding for the arduino board. For our first prototype, we plan on constructing the body out of thick cardboard, which will allow us to make quick adjustments and changes without the use of much hardware. Figure 1: Front View Figure 2: Back View
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