Project development

 

1. Our team’s chemical device

Our team’s chemical device is an anti-drink driving system that is implemented in cars.

The device is placed above the head rest of the driving seat. The driver will breathe into the sensor and if it is above the legal limit that is set, an alarm will be triggered, and a red LED will show. There will also be an alarm sounded in the car, with water sprinkled onto the driver.

This system prevents the driver from drink driving.

The sketch of our chemical device is provided in the bottom as shown:



 

2. Team Planning, allocation, and execution

Our team members consist of: Cyane, Pi Ti, Andrew and myself.

Our finalised BOM is shown here:



 

Our finalised Gantt chart is shown here:




 

Our task allocation for this project is shown here:

Jun Heng

Pi Ti 

Cyane 

Andrew

Laser Cutting

 

3D-Printing 

Arduino Programming

Assembling prototype

 

Documentation

 

Slides Preparation

Designing of prototype 

 

Fusion360

 

3D-Printing

 

3. Design and build process

CAD and Laser cutting

Link to Andrew's blog

Task for laser cutting was done by me and Andrew; Andrew came up with the CAD in Fusion360 while I facilitated the process of laser cutting. Our product stand design is shown below.



The tank is slightly more complicated, and the 3D model is shown here.



The .stl file for the cover is in this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r1ACXNxdhO02dD9wRE-d-bkK2m2r2OsS/view

The .stl file for the tank top is in this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VSO0c48kLhSktvVgsYuRRMVAULBRS9TS/view

 

The finished product of the tank:



 

Combination of 3D printed parts:



 

Arduino Programming:

Link to Pi Ti's blog

Task for the circuitry and Arduino programming is done by Pi Ti. The picture below shows the circuit set up.



 

This is the Arduino code input for the system: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rX0z2p2pIA3A7zDo7XjsJyeQ4PW5oNX0/edit

This is a video of the code working: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1--pKRaFO3b9FJbZsbLuroO4DON-ttx_N/view

 

Assembly of product

Link to Cyane's blog

Task for the product assembly is done by Cyane. The picture below shows the final product assembled.



Below is a video of our prototype working: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PizIxf8K28Axajx8SKlIsH_u2jj5mxWq/view

 

Problems & Solutions

The tank was inconsistent and poorly printed during the first 3D printing session. It had a weak structure due to the lack of infill as well as wall thickness. We had to readjust the infill density and print speed to make the structure more solid.

 

 

For Arduino programming, it was challenging to find a good reference to use for our alcohol sensor so that our simulated circuit on TinkerCAD could respond. Pi Ti took reference of an ultrasound sensor found on TinkerCAD and made use of referring to its circuit.

 



 

 

 

 


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