If i were able to do this project again, i would change the following things;
- Power supply - As a group we found that at 4.5v, the buggy was vastly underpowered even with a light chassis.
- 2-pole DC motors - The motors supplied, basically lead to the demise of our project. we were under the assumption that all the contents of the toolkit were functioning 100% correctly, this was not the case. Some groups were having problems with the motors circuit, but both our motors had bad connections.
- Wheels - one of our wheels had a very large hole, meaning the axel and hole fit was too loose. this lead to the axel rotating, but the wheel remaining stationary.
- Planning - as a group we should have left more time for the atual testing of buggy, once constructed.
- Prioritising - the four main parts of this project were the chassis, program, circuitry, testing. we focused on the programming side for far too long, meaning the tasks were left till later.
I, personally have learned that priorty of each task is key to the success of the project overall. Meaning that it is no good having the best program in the world, if the circuit/chassis is not upto scratch. One thing i would not change if i were to do it all again is the group. This is because we all worked together fine and the communication level between us was very good, even if one group member was stuck abroad. Unlike my other project group (crane) where we are still yet to hear from one group member! he has neither shown up to any meetings or contacted us.
I feel complaining about the components fails to recognise the fact that other groups had the same components and achieved better outcomes. If you genuinely felt there were issues with your components you had ample opportunity to have these resolved in class.
ReplyDeleteGroups which had been better organised allowed more time to deal with the problems which cam up.