Prelab Week 4

Week 4 is almost upon us and our halfway point through the term and the project are almost here as well. We will have to work efficiently in order to complete the project to the fullest of our abilities.

Shipment Received!

The gears we ordered to create our dynamo have just arrived! We nearly have all of our pieces!

Testing

The goal of this project is to generate enough electricity from our dynamo to be able to charge a phone battery. This means, at an average riding speed, the dynamo must generate around 5 volts. In order to test this we will attach a volt-ohm meter to the output of our system while pedaling the bike at various speeds in order to determine the dynamos voltage outputs. All this data will be recorded and graphs may be posted in the future of the dynamos capabilities.

Materials

Most of the materials, especially those needed for the electrical components, have been gathered or are currently being shipped. Parallel board still needs to be purchased, and 3D printed parts still need to be made, however we are this much closer to being able to start the project.

CADD Modeling

By the end of the project, we should have full CADD modeling for the components that will be posted here on the blog.

Pre Week 3

This upcoming week we will be focusing on ordering all the required parts for the project, getting a finalized cost estimate to this point, and doing any and all paperwork including working drawings for the project. Fusion 360 projects have also been submitted so funding should be coming in soon.

Shareability

We are currently updating the sharing capabilities on our blog. We have managed to work with AddToAny to incorporate a large number of sharing links into every post on our page. Soon we would like to have a GitHub button incorporated as well.

Grades

Grades for the design proposal and blog have been posted. Although they were not necessarily ideal, we will continue to strive for excellence throughout the rest of the project.

Parts and Budget

The hunt for parts is still underway. We are attempting to keep the cost of the project to a minimum and pull parts from wherever we can get them. An updated cost of project will be posted as a running tally as the timeline progresses.

Lab 2 Week 2

Lab went well. Professor Knight approved our project design and we have a green light to begin completing working drawings and acquiring materials. We have a list of electrical components compiled along with pricing and sellers. We are still looking into gears. Theo will be contacting sellers about those soon. Mathieu also really dove into the working drawings on CAD during class.