Final Mechanical Design

With the sensor specific encasing complete, all that was left was to put those two sub-assemblies together and have an enclosure to hold the raspberry PI, breadboard and all the electrical wires.

A few aspects of this design:

Airflow was required to keep the electrical components at a stable level so slots were added to create a path for air to exit and enter the enclosure.

The fan will be suspended over the Raspberry PI.

The LED screen will be face up on the cover along with the push button.

The breadboard will be attached to the cover of the enclosure. This is a stipulation of the short wire lengths. Similarly, there is a spot for the raspberry PI to be added to the cover of the enclosure, as a fail safe, in case placing the raspberry PI on the bottom of the enclosure does not work due to wire length or other unforeseen circumstances.

Overall, the design is definitely more aesthetically pleasing. The numerous lessons over the initial designs and the prototypes have all come together to be implemented in this final product. Now all that is left is to get all the components together, finish 3D printing the remaining pieces and set-up the final product.

Onward to symposium!

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