Week 4

This week we came to the conclusion that instead of having our generator produce light, that we will design it to provide current that will be able to charge a mobile phone. We then conducted research on certain aspects that will allow us to accomplish this task. Things like the correct current that is needed, voltage, and the use of diodes to change the current from AC to DC are examples of the research conducted. An initial design for our model was also started using Pro Engineer (Figures 1, 2, and 3). Figure 1 is half of the exterior handle of the charge. Figure 2 is the interior of the handle and will encase the magnets and have the copper wire coiled around it. Figure 3 is an end cap to the interior of the handle.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3