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Skateboard Light

Team C

April 14, 2014

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Team Members:

Jonathan Replogle (Leader/manager)

Brad Goolsby (Lead Design/Master Welder)

Ryan Stevens (Mechanic/Design)

Paul Bartholome (CAD Technician )

Matt Fernandez (Legal Advisor)

Josh Flaherty (Facilitator/Treasurer)

Client: Dr. Abdelmessih

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Self Powering Skate Board Lights

A power generating skateboard that powers a lighting fixture to illuminate skateboarders paths.

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Skateboarding at night can be dangerous…

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The Client needs a hands free solution to solve the lighting problem.

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The product should contain a 3-D printed materials and conserve energy.

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Lightings one’s way at night is a hassle and requires either holding a flashlight or a headlight

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Objectives:

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Product is limited by scope, schedule, regulations, and resources.

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Product needs to meet a list of requirements.

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Concept Generation

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Concept Selection

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Gantt Chart

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Gantt Chart continued

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Cad Concept Design

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Circuit Diagram

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3-d Printed Light Housing

Five piece light housing to focus LED lighting

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Light Housing Testing

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Test Board made of Particle Board

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Generator Mounting bracket

Needed to be adjustable to accommodate for different sized friction gears

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MOTOR Mount Bracket Construction

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Friction Gears

3-D Printed

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Problems encountered

3-D Printed Friction Gears Failed after 100 Feet of Testing

Solution was to machine aluminum friction gears

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Problems encountered continued

Generators wired in parallel could not generate the minimum three volts needed

Solution was to rewire the motors in series to double the voltage

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Color Separated Finalized Design

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Final Product

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Skateboard In Action

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Skateboard In action continued!

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Proposed improvements

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Budget

Budget Spreadsheet

purchase

cost

total

amount remaining

Trucks

51.90

51.90

448.10

Wheels

69.95

121.85

378.15

Shipping&Handling

13.9

135.75

364.25

Deck

40.99

176.74

323.26

Shipping&Handling

10

186.74

313.26

Motors

33.81

220.55

279.45

Circuit components

42.79

263.34

236.66

$236.66 Remaining

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Hours Log

EGR302 Team C Hours Log

Tasks

Josh

Jonathan

Paul

Matt

Ryan

Brad

GroupDiscusions/Research

8

8

8

8

8

8

Cad Design

0

2

8

0

2

12

Assignments

1

1

1

1

1

1

Research Paper

2

2

2

2

2

2

Del 3

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

Purchasing Research

1.5

1.5

1.5

1

1.5

1

Purchase Selction

2

2

2

1.5

2

2

Del 4

1.5

1

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

Presentation

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

Del 5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

Test Board Creation

0

0

2

0

0

0

Tested the Board

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

Component Testing

4

4

4

4

4

4

Welding

0

0

0

0

0

6

Piece construction

1

1

6

1

2

4

3-D printing

1

1

1

1

1

1

Circuit Creation

1

1

1

1

1

1

Del 6

2

1

4

4

4

1

Final Project

4

4

3

4

4

1

Total Hours

35

35.5

51

36

40

51.5

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Sources

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