End of Unit

This is the End of The Sliding Door Blog umit.

I will miss updating on my blog.

It was a success, though we NEVER MADE A SLIDING DOOR!

Just some flow charts.

Such as life.

Great unit- loved the software used.

WARNING- THIS IS MY FINAL POST! (4 now)

My Sliding Door Flowchart and Evaluation

This design is more complex, but I think it's safer than ones that have a motion sensor and a side ways sliding door. This design is useful for the handicapped because both doors open, so there is plenty of room for them. They don't have to press anything for the door to open, and it opens fast. It is a fast door, and no-one as to press every thing! It's safe from non-school members because to open one must have a school member card or visitor card, which must be worn around the neck. A non-school member can't just enter because a pressure pad ensures that only as many people enter as there are cards sensed. The door doesn't leave the door frame at all. When the door is fully open, it's to high for someone to hit their head on. The only problem is, if someone forgets there card, an alarm goes off for nothing. Also, someone's wheel chair or crutches might add additional pressure, so that might also cause the alarm to go off. Other than that. it's a great design!

March 22: Inputs and Outputs

Outputs

• Gears (Clockwise/Counter Clockwise)

These are used to open and close the door. Clockwise opens, counter clockwise closes. Without these gears, the door wouldn't act much like a door (It would be either a wall or entry).

• Door part 1

This is the very top part of the door. Each door is divided into 4 sections. On all of the doors, this is always the highest and it's the only one that never moves- everything else moves to it. Without this part, the design and whole door wouldn't work. It wouldn't be very safe or weather protective either- there'd be a hole in the door!

• Door Part 2

This is the second highest part of the door. Each door is divided into 4 sections. On all of the doors, this is always just below part 1, just above part 3, and only moves once, with part 4's second movement. It goes straight from its position up to part 1. Without this part, the design and whole door wouldn't work. It wouldn't be very safe or weather protective either- there'd be a hole in the door!

• Door Part 3

This is the second lowest part of the door. Each door is divided into 4 sections. On all of the doors, this is always just below part 2, just above part 4, and only moves once, with part 4's first movement. It goes straight from its position up to part 1. Without this part, the design and whole door wouldn't work. It wouldn't be very safe or weather protective either- there'd be a hole in the door!

• Door Part 4

This is the very bottom part of the door. Each door is divided into 4 sections. On all of the doors, this is always the lowest and it's the only one that moves more than once- it starts at its position, stops by part 2 (moves with part 3), and then goes up to part 1 (moves with part 2). Without this part, the design and whole door wouldn't work. It wouldn't be very safe or weather protective either- there'd be a hole in the door!

Inputs

• Pressure Sensor

This sensor tells the door 2 things, the first being whether or not the door should close (if there's any more people coming). It also lets us now if anyone that shouldn't be there is there by telling us if there is more people than there is cards sensed. It also tells the gears when to turn counter clockwise (the clockwise turning is told by the card sensor).

• Card Sensor

This is what give's the cue for the door to open. It's ideal because it makes sure only a select few can enter, yet it doesn't slow the line to enter down. It also lets the pressure sensor know if any more people are coming and how many people have come, as well as telling the gears to start turning clockwise- counter clockwise is left for the pressure sensor to tell.

Must have membership Cards!

Since February 28th to March 22: What We Did

We used Logicator Program to create a flow chart for pedestrian crossing and a burglar alarm. It was fun, and could be annoying.

Classes From 1/29/10-2/8/10

Just a word of note: I write my short dates the American way; Month/Dy/Year. My years take palce in the 21st century.

In these classes we started adding flow charts to the same PP as before. We finished those off, and now we're making a flow chart of our design that we chose. I chose a really cool design which ensures that only members of the ISP community can enter the A building. It's very complicated, so I cjose a simple back-up plan.

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Today's Class

We worked more on our PPs.

Class of January 25th 2010

We started a PPP showing our sliding door plans. We used Power Point because that allows us to show effects that are really neat. I haven't finished yet, but if PP can go onto blogs I'll download it here once I finish.

Video Ad

Staring... Nare

Old Lady... Meneyer

Filmer... Me!

Directed and produced by all of us!

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Class Of 22/1/2010

We went to go measure where the sliding doors would go and film an advert to buy it. It was fun, but I'm not in the advert: I was holding the camera.
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Check Out This YouTube VIdeo of an Eco-Friendly Sliding Door!

Class of the 15th & 18th

15th
We just tidied up the boxes and prepared them for when we need them.

18th
We had a sub, and we started making a power point presentation (PPP) about our sliding doors in general.

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Class of 11th January 2010 Reflection

Class TWO!
In Class we did some research about sliding doors such as when were they wanted or needed and why, how they operated and such. It was fun, but I still don't completely understand the link between our project and CT. I think it's more DT.
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Analys Of Task

New Blog, New Day!

Today I created my first blog with school! My first blog ever. I'm a bit worried about having my work on the internet, but it should be alright. I'm blogging about a physical sliding door I'm making in Computer Technology.

3 things you should know BEFORE you make an automatic siding door

1. They either have a pressure or a motion sensor. When you walk under or on a stretch of area on either side of the door, it will open.
2. The door will either open side ways (in front/behind another door or between two doors) to the left or right OR 2 doors will open, sliding sideways from the middle to either side.
3. Most automatic sliding doors have sensors before/after the door, but those might not catch you in the middle of the door, so don't linger half in/half out of a sliding door!

Also

1. They're automatic. A sensor tells gears when to turn. We can find this out by taking apart and rebuilding one.
2. Why we need them. Do a brainstorm about every place that has one why they might.
3. What different styles of doors are there? Look around!

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