Week 3 - Engineers roll up their sleeves.

Week 3 was when we actually started working on the proposed project. We are a group of 4, and decided to pair up so that one group could work on the 3-D Creo design, while the other group could start researching about the electrical design. Daniel and Felix started to work on Creo, they already had the measurements taken from the previous week at the dorm. Some parts of the design will include 3-D printing, so it was easier to use Creo because we all learnt how to use this software in fall term. In the meanwhile, Shaumik and Kimtee toured the laboratory to find electrical tools they could use to design the circuit, also as a way to minimize costs of ordering the devices. The could find diodes, resistors, breadboards, wires, batteries and switches. Since the group did not order the main device to generate energy yet, we designed our first, most basic circuit with batteries as power supply. The circuit was functional and we intend to electrical design upon this basis itself. At the end of lab, we had the electrical and mechanical design both started.