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.
For the fifth week of the design project, the group gathered in order to start drawing out the dimensions of the proposed pill dispenser. We settled on a rectangular shape, with pill compartments up top, the wiring in the back, and the delivery system on the front of the device. During the lab period of the week, the group began working on constructing the device. We started by cutting out the cardboard pieces and gluing them together. Next, the doors were constructed so that we would have easy access to the top and rear of the device. The final step was laying out the arduino board, servo motors, and wiring. All of this allowed us to get an idea of how much space we would need, and what changes we needed to make an the spot. One problem we noticed is that the top of the device was not adequately supported, so wood supports were added on the bottom in order to add strength. While Victor and Frankie worked on assembling the body of the pill dispenser, Fernando and Alexa worked on settin...
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