Assessment guidance

Housing

1 PCB Housing

It is starting to look a lot like… we need a housing for our PCB board.
We can design this on Solidworks. As well as practising our skills on Solidworks we can check whether the parts will fit together.
Lots of the ideas are Xmas themed but you can make whatever you like but are limited in material to 100mm X 100mm.

Part 1 - Inspiration and Sketching

First of all we are going to do some research. Try looking through google images and maybe use Instructables.com
Once you have found an idea, you can sketch it out on paper with a pencil and start thinking about what criteria our case/product is going to meet.

I've included four sketches for ideas. A good sketch should include:
materials, parts, dimensions (in mm), how it fits together, what the product should be do and some criteria.
Ideas for criteria are:
Waterproof, durable, fit three 5mm LEDs (6.8mm diameter/3.4mm radius holes), respond to changes in light, has an input or push-to-make switch, runs off 9V, is programmable, fun, educational, what the program does, functional i.e. holds a phone etc.

Sketch one - 'Traffic Lights'

Sketch two - 'Snowman'

Silver

gold

Gold

Platinum

Platinum

Sketch three - 'Wintry Scene'

Sketch four - 'Elephant phone holder'

Badge It

Upload a photo of your sketch, with some criteria, to the badge on Bourne to learn.

Part 2 - Using CAD / Solidworks

Snowman detailed sketch views here:

Wintry Scene detailed sketch views here:

Elephant detailed sketch videos here:

Snowman/Xmas topper video:

Elephant/Sleigh side video:

Please watch this video. It will explain how to use the laser cutter.

Badge It

Silver - Progress ladder, Yellow - Use a CAD package to draw shapes accurately to specified dimensions.
Gold - Progress ladder, Green - Demonstrate the use of a 2D and 3D design package within a project.
Platinum - Progress ladder, Blue - Create multiple connecting parts using a CAD package.