Building the Device!! - Day2 - Electrical Work Started

Wow, Day 1 was fun. We made progress in building the device by making the clip that holds on to our bucket. Day 2 involved making the other parts of the wooden assembly and starting some electrical work and coding. We were also to shape the wood to fit the other assembly parts.

So we decided to split ourselves into two groups to make building the device faster. Ruben and Quadri would work on shaping the wood to form the assembly shown in our model while Moses, Seyi, Gafaar and Demilade would start some electrical work. 

Some Changes !

So while shaping the wood, we thought of the difficulties we would have in making a wooden cylindrical shaft since we didn't have machines to do that for us. Considering that fact, we decided to go for a plastic pipe to serve as the shaft which would go through the holes. 
Also we thought of using a metal rod that was already fastened to the float ball as the rod seen in our model. We thought it would be easier and faster since we need not shape the rod again. 

The Team dimensioning the rest of the assembly parts. From Left: Ruben, Demilade, Quadri, Gafaar, Seyi

The other part of the clip that would contain the shaft( marked hole) which would then be attached to the ball

Quadri Drilling the holes where the shaft would go into 

The float ball which would be attached to the shaft. We changed the design by using a metal rod instead of a wooden thick rod as seen in the 3D model

The Pipe we plan on using for the shaft. It would be cut to fit the model

The Electrical Part

We needed to start work on the electrical part of the device. Moses Seyi, Gafaar and Demilade worked on Soldering the wires to the potentiometers, LEDs, and resistors. Moses would then work on programming the microcontroller to do our bidding. 

An circuit schematic drawn for the electrical part of the system

Seyi Soldering wires to the LEDs we are going to use for the visual indicator

Moses Soldering the wires to the pot

Demilade after we've finished the Soldering

Moses preparing the Microcontroller Board

Gafaar Soldering some more LEDs

The look of the brain of our electrical system  on Day 2

So there it is, By Day 2 of building the device, we've finished shaping the wood for completing the clip assembly and we've prepared the float ball and the rod which would fit into the shaft. We've also soldered all LEDs, potentiometers, buzzer and resistors to wires and finally we've started coding the micro-controller.

By Day 3, we should have finished both the mechanical and electrical assemblies and would be integrating the electrical assembly into the mechanical assembly