Testing the Photogate Prototypes

Links and useful resources

• Arduino Language Reference

• OnShape

• How To Mechatronics

• Thingiverse

• Project index: photo-gate-project

Concept summary and connections

• testing
• product testing
• design iteration

Lesson

Today we are going to put the photo-gate-project test protocols into action. Each gate will be tested to make sure it meets criteria. If it does, we will move on to building the first real instance of each gate using onshape.

Media resources

• Youtube search for "testing"
• Youtube search for "product testing"
• Youtube search for "design iteration"

Practice

• #hw (engr) Using onshape, design a 3D-printable photogate that accounts for any problems we discovered with our prototypes. 2025-01-23