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Julian

For detailed feedback on individual pages download your coursework file by clicking on a link from below. Open up your file and read the comments that have been insirted in comment boxes on each page.
Coursework you submited @ 26/09/07

Page Completed Feedback Breakdown Date

Project outline
Deadline 26/09/07

@ 26/09/07yes @ 26/09/07 Clearly explains the context to witch your product will be introduced within. @ 26/09/07yes
Explains why your doing what you are @ 26/09/07yes

Introduction and brief

Deadline 26/09/07

@ 26/09/07no @ 26/09/07 very good. could do with going into just a little more detail Says who the target market is / who will use it @ 26/09/07yes
Explains the problem to be solved by your product @ 26/09/07yes
Explains what your product will need to do @ 26/09/07nearly
Explains the need for your product @ 26/09/07yes
   
Task Analysis
Deadline 26/09/07
@ 26/09/07no @ 26/09/07 very good points made. needs organising into categories and more. needs a more comments as well Breaks the task up into many questions that will need answers @ 26/09/07yes
Is clearly and logically laid out @ 26/09/07nearly
Has a good range of statements that relate to all areas of your design @ 26/09/07nearly
Breaks up the task by circuit and by case @ 26/09/07no
   
Research
3 Pages
Deadline 26/09/07
@ 26/09/07no

@ 26/09/07

Product analysis needs more depth.

you have no research on components!

you must look closely at this page and read all the things that must be shown within your research.

 

Research on individual components that you could use @ 26/09/07no
Shows pin outs of your components @ 26/09/07no
Shows price of components @ 26/09/07no
Shows size of components @ 26/09/07no
Shows technical information about component like how much power it needs to run, how much power it can handle before it burns out, what its frequency bandwidth is (for 741 as amps) etc @ 26/09/07no
Research on 3 different circuits that would do the job you require @ 26/09/07no
Each gathered circuit uses different components or the same components but used if a different way @ 26/09/07no
Has comments about how useful each circuit or components would be for your circuit @ 26/09/07no
Has comments that prove you understand how the circuit or components works @ 26/09/07no
Research on materials for case showing there working properties @ 26/09/07no
Research on materials for case showing ways of joining them @ 26/09/07no
Research on materials showing ways of shaping and manipulating them @ 26/09/07no
3 existing products that do a similar thing to yours @ 26/09/07yes
Comments about the existing products, like what is good or bad about them and how looking at them has given you ideas and what these ideas are… @ 26/09/07nearly
Market research where you find out what the customer wants @ 26/09/07yes
Market research has at least 6 questions that will help you to understand what the customer wants. Questions must be useful to you! @ 26/09/07yes
Research on environmental impact of the components and materials you are using (this can be shown in the materials or components pages or within your ‘Issues’ Page – env, social etc) @ 26/09/07no
Your research is not just from the internet and is from a wide range of sources @ 26/09/07no
Research on industrial practices showing that you know how its all done in industry (this can be shown within your Industrial practice page) @ 26/09/07no
   
Research Summery
Deadline 26/09/07
@ 26/09/07no @ 26/09/07 All comments relate to the research that you have in your coursework @ 26/09/07no
Your comments on this page are arranged into categories, like case, circuit, materials, components etc @ 26/09/07no
You have shown that you have made decisions based on what you have found out within your research @ 26/09/07nearly
You have shown that you can select the useful parts of your gathered research and use them to progress your designs @ 26/09/07no
   

Specification
Deadline 26/09/07

Deadline day click here to see work submited on 26-09-07
Comment: still needs work. read through comments on attached to the file you can download at top of page..

@ 26/09/07no @ 26/09/07 really good clear and logical start. need more details adding and more categories. Your specification is laid out logically (has headings like, aesthetic, ergonomics, function, safety, target market, materials, then a bit about what your product will do next to it… @ 26/09/07yes
Explains what the Function must be @ 26/09/07nearly
Explains what the Target Market must be @ 26/09/07yes
Explains what the Size must be @ 26/09/07no
Explains what the Weight must be @ 26/09/07no
Explains what the Maintenance must be @ 26/09/07yes
Explains what the Aesthetic must be @ 26/09/07yes
Explains what the Safety must be @ 26/09/07yes
Explains what the Time/Deadline must be @ 26/09/07yes
Explains what the Environmental issues must be @ 26/09/07no
Explains what the Manufacturing must be (what scale of production?) @ 26/09/07no
Explains what the Cost must be @ 26/09/07yes
Explains what the Power Supply must be @ 26/09/07yes
Explains what the Assembly must be @ 26/09/07no
Explains what the Parameters must be (what are the working parameters of my electronic components) @ 26/09/07no
   
3 Circuit Designs
Deadline 00/00/00
no   You have tried three different ways of achieving the same goal (each of the three circuits you have designed/modified does more or less the same thing)  
You have made comments here about what each circuit is doing  
You have identified the good and bad aspects of each circuit  
Through your comments you have shown you understand what  

Circuit development
Deadline 00/00/00

no   You have selected one of your three circuits that best meets your requirements  
You have simulated your circuit using croc clips or live wire and it works  
You have prototyped your circuit by breadboarding it and it works  
You have documented all procedures with pictures and appropriate comments that show you are understanding what you are doing and correcting any errors within your circuit as you go.  
You have transferred any modifications you made when breadboarding back onto your circuit diagram on croc clips or live wire.  
   

Breadboarding
Deadline 00/00/00

no   Within your breadboarding you have worked logically and neatly  
You have come across problems when breadboarding your circuit and resolved them and documented what you did in a clear and concise way  
You have justified any need for changes made within this part of your circuit development  
   
3 Case ideas
Deadline 00/00/00
no   You have at least 3 ideas for your case that show a good level of detail (where switches, buzzers, LEDs etc go, what materials it could be made of, what colour/texture it could be, a rough idea of the size etc etc)  
You have annotated your initial drawings to give extra details of you casing  
All design drawings are on bordered pages with candidate details and headings  
You have used colour, thickness of line and tone to help increase your clearness of visual communication.  
Case Development
Deadline 00/00/00
no   You have chosen the best one of your designs and justified the reasons for your choice  
You have communicated the measurements of your product  
You have visually communicated how all parts of your product will fit together  
You have devised a way to secure all your components including your battery and circuit  

Prototype
Deadline 00/00/00

no   You have made a 3D model of your case to fully realise it before you go ahead with making it for real.  
You model is neat and accurate to your design drawings  
You have documented it with pictures and comments on what you have discovered and needed to change as a result of making it.  
   
PCB design
Deadline 00/00/00
no   You have created a PCB layout that matches your working circuit diagram  
Your PCB layout is laid out a space efficient way so as to keep the size of the circuit down whilst still having enough space around components to easily work on them when soldering then in  
You have created a transparency or your PCB layout to be used to print your PCB (picture needed or transparency)  
you have considered the size of your circuit in relation to it fitting within your case and commented on this.  
Making in Industry
Deadline 00/00/00
no   You have shown that you understand how your product would be made in industry  
You have explained pick and place  
You have explained levels of production and which would best suit your product  
You have explained how PCBs are made within industry  
You have explained any industrial procedures and how they work relating to how your product is made ( eg. If you vacuum formed your mould then how do they do it in industry or if you have used metal then how do they use it in industry….)  
You have showed that you understand Quality control, inspection, codes of working in relation to your own work as well as within what happens in industry  
Environmental / Social issues
Deadline 00/00/00
no      
   
   
   
   
Flowchart
Deadline 00/00/00
no      
   
   
   
   
Hot to make
Deadline 00/00/00
no      
   
   
   
   
Testing and QA
Deadline 00/00/00
no      
   
   
   
   
Evaluation
3 Pages
Deadline 00/00/00
no      
   
   
   
   
 

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