Today, we presented our project in Cumnock Hall. Although our project failed to meet our requirements, we still had a great time working on it. Everyone seemed to be understanding of our bubble machine and how it should have operated.
After experiencing the design process for our project, we figured out a few things that we could have improved on regarding the specifications for the apparatus. We stumbled across time constraints and time management, as gluing the fan required at least 30 minutes to apply and dry, which prevented us from working on our project with efficiency. A way to alleviate this problem was to use a better adhesive or a hot glue gun to speed up the process. Furthermore, all of our wires were poorly connected to the dc motor, so less power was generated for the fan. We should have also bought more battery holders to have a higher energy capacity, so the fan would spin at a faster rate, as well as a higher voltage dc motor, rather than use the one provided from the Sparkfun Inventor's Kit. Lastly, we figured out that our SolidWorks sketch of our fan was not aerodynamic enough for the fan to spin effectively.
We believed that the greatest positive coming out of this project was that the Arduino code met all of our specifications and requirements to move the bubble wand and operate the fan.
All in all, our group had a fun time working on this project, despite the fan not being able to blow out bubbles. We hope you enjoyed reading our blog posts and following us along our journey in completing our Awesome Bubble Contraption!
Group Contributions
Pisal Horth - worked on the apparatus, drew the sketch for the SolidWorks fan
Richard Lim - worked on the apparatus, team blogger, worked on the "literature" for the project
Steven Ouk - wrote the Arduino code, set up the circuits for the Redboard and breadboard, worked on the "literature" for the project
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