Week 8 Outside Meeting

An hour before class, we took a look at the current K'nex structure and how it fitted with the generator we ordered. We also got the wooden base for the overall prototype.

Current K'nex base as of 3:30 pm May 22, 2014

Goal for what our prototype will look like

The LED blue lights also came in yesterday (see picture). They are about 5 millimeters in size with 14-inch long wires (DC). We bought five of them just in case, but we will only really need three.

We managed to retrieve an axle from LeBow 132 that we need in the K'nex structure (as seen in the close up picture of the base).

The plan for today during class is to split up into mechanics and electronics:

• Mechanics: 
• Figure out how to mount the generator to the existing K'nex base
• Fit the axle to the base
• Mount the K'nex base to the wood
• Electronics:
• work on the LEDs and electronic portion of the project