Goal:
Initial rough sketch.
We wrote down our goal to make sure we knew what we were doing and where we were heading. We also added some scribbles and rough sketches to brainstorm. We thought of having conveyor belts, photo cells, and wondered if we wanted actual music notes or "guitar hero-like notes" for our sheet music.
(Rewrote our goal to be clearer and more organized.)
We talked to different professors about light sensors (photo cells, mindstorm NXT light sensors, etc.) and about programs (PICO blocks or MATLAB) as part of our research to determine which methods or ways would be ideal for our music player/reader.
Our Pugh Chart.
We created a Pugh chart to compare different methods or parts and decided we were going to use simplified natural music notes for our sheet music, photo cells for our light (black vs. white) sensing mechanism, and PICO/LOGO to program our music reader.
More on Part A: Sensor and Programming
We were brainstorming and researching. We broke down our goal into three parts: (a) sensor and programming, (b) feeding and structure, and (c) ambitious goals. Our idea was that the photo cells would detect the black music notes while there is some motor or belt mechanism that moves the sheet music (scroll) along so the device can read and play a simple piece.
Ideas on structure. (Will probably be modified.)
Ambitious Goals.
Brief Reflection:
I really enjoyed going through these engineering processes because it really helped me understand what I was doing and became more interested and passionate about my assignment.
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