Week 6 (8.29)

In this week, I had learned Solid works and ArDuino with Gerry and Simon.The Solid works is not easy to learn, it is hard for me who first time to use it. But, I think it is pretty useful. The Solid works can help us to do our technology project. We can draw the prototype by using Solid works before our groups finished the project.This prototype allows us to present the detail of our project to our lecturer. We may find some prolbems in our project when we do the prototype by Solid works.Arduino is another software we have to learn. We have to use the Arduino in our technology project.It is very important for our project. On Wednesday, We measure the rotor size and caliper in the workshop with Roman, we should find a suitable ventilated rotor for our project. If the rotor is oversize, we cannot test our project on that car. Our group need use pump and nozzle on our project,I searched some products and information on the internet. There are many products sell on the Ebay and Trademe, I still consider which one is suitable for our project. In addition, we are preparing the Stage one of the Project Demonstration to present to class next Friday.

Here is some Pump I find.But, I am still considering the pump  how many pressures do we need for our project.

Water Pressure 5 Bar

Max flow 500L/H

Max flow: 4L/MIN

Water pressure： N/A

Water flow: 3L/min

Water pressure: 0.7Mpa

Week 5 (8.22) Technology project

In the end, we still have not figured out a proper idea for our project. So our lecturer Roman suggest us to rebuild and innovate an old project.Our new project is based on that old project, but we will add new parts into the project.The project is to detect the temperature of the car brake rotors. If the brake rotor temperature is higher than the warning temperature value, it will give the driver a audible warning and show the rotor temperature to the driver. If the driver does not take any action to cool the car rotors, the system will automatically spray water through the ventilated brake rotor to reduce the brake temperature.We have four people in one group, two of us will do the electronic parts, others will do mechanical parts. I think we have a lot of tasks have to be done. We need to search relevant information about our project, to decide what kind of pump and nozzle is suitable for our project.So we have to work hard for our project.

Week 4 (8.15)

On Friday, we had presented our presentation to the lecturers and classmates in the classroom. Unfortunately, our project did not get the lecturers's approval. Roman and Simon said that our idea is very good, but this project is very difficult for our level of knowledge. We did not have enough knowledge and experences to solve this problem. The lecturers advise us to choose a new idea for our project. It may better for us.Now we want to do a project about brake system, it will not involve too much knowledge about electronic, it is may easy for us.

Week 3 (8.08)

Our idea have approved by the lecturer Roman. Starting from today, we can going to do our project. Next Friday, we have to present our initial report and presentation. We have to show more details about our idea to the lecturers and classmates. So, we'd better to start to prepare our initial report and presentation. 

Week 2 (8.01)

Most of us identify their problems related automotive industry and show their ideas to solve those problems for their own technology project. Some ideas have been approved by our lecturers. My group still has not found any appropriate problems and solutions for our technology project. We got some ideas before. After we search for relevant information about the ideas, we find most ideas that we got is already used in some latest models vehicles. So we just gave up those ideas. And also some ideas cannot be solved by the level of our knowledge. We must identify other problems and ideas as soon as possible.