Random Number Generator Project- February 2015

1. Define a problem
 Have you ever been cheated at the casinos, or even worse a game of monopoly? Don't you wish you could just play a simple game without losing the dice from rolling too hard? Well wish no more! Here is the Random Number Generator. It displays random numbers through LED lights.   

2. Generate Concepts 

We are given a blank circuit board, LED's, resistors, capacitors, a slider switch, and a push button.  We followed the directions and soldered the materials listed above to the circuit board and came out with the final product. It kind of is a tedious scrupulous procedure, but it is not arduous. 

3. Develop a solution

4.Construct and Test prototype

5. Evaluate the solution 

1.) The numbers were not evenly at all. My Random Number Generator (RNG) is not fair simply because two of the six LED lights. So the highest number my RNG will be a four. 

2.) The word debug was coined by Dr. Grace Hopper. She was working on a project and it failed, when she went to go fix it she found a month inside. That's where the word came from. 

Reflection: I honestly like to solder. I've have soldered before during my eight grade year, but I was so terrible at it. I kept frying the circuit board, I always put too much solder on and breached the components. I went through three circuit boards before I actually got it right. So the reason why I think my two LED lights didn't work is because of something I did wrong. I also think it may had something to do with me putting on of my ICs in backwards. Other than that I believe that my circuit board was very organized and all my components are flushed. Three years of not soldering and I feel accomplished with this project despite it's error. Next time I will be more careful and take more time on my soldering and read the directions more carefully.

6. Present solution

Lab clean up.