Assignments

Track the progress of your final project by answering following few questions

1. What tasks have been completed, and what tasks remain?
2. What has worked? what hasn't?
3. What questions need to be resolved?
4. What will happen when?
5. What have you learned?

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My final project is SMART suitcase

1.What tasks have been completed, and what tasks remain?

My final project is a smart carry-on suitcase named "SMART SUITCASE - The Follower Friend" - which will follow the traveller around automatically.

Tasks completed :

1. CAD design - Designing 3D parts in solidworks such as covers for trasmitter, receiver , wheels for suitcase, clamp arrangement for wheels, Chasis for suitcase etc.
2. 3D printing - 3D printing different parts such as covers for trasmitter, receiver , wheels for suitcase, clamp arrangement for wheels, etc
3. Electronics Design - Designing circuits (Preparing schematic & board layout)for transmitter, receiver & main control board
4. Electronics Production - Milling the boards, soldering the components and making the final PCBs
5. Embedded Programming - Developing an algorithm and writing code as per the algorithm. Also, tetsing same on the hardware
6. Laser cutting - Laser cutting parts required for chasis of suitcase
7. Making Suitcase from foam - Preparing a suitcase structure from foam

Tasks remaining :

All tasks are completed as per the plan. So, no tasks are remaining.

2.What has worked? what hasn't?

I am happy that everything is worked and the suitcase is able to follow the user properly. All designed parts fittled properly during the assembly. Also, all three circuits worked as per the expectations.

3.What questions need to be resolved?

There are as such no questions to be resolved as far as final project is concerned. But there can be some future development in this project such as addition of IR sensors for detection of obstacles in the path of suitcase, Android app controlled lock and mode selection, GPS tracking etc. However due to limited time available for development this thing is not covered in the scope of the project.

4.What will happen when?

Here is the gantt chart prepared for final project.

You can download gantt chart here

5.What have you learned?

Many things are learned during this course. Being an electronics engineer, CAD design,, 3D printing & scanning, molding & casting etc were new things for me. I got a chance to learn about these processes, to make hands-on while completing assignments of all these processes.

Things/Processes I learned during this course and used in my final project are -

1. CAD design
2. 3D printing
3. Electronics Design
4. Electronics Production
5. Embedded Programming
6. Laser cutting

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