diff --git a/Sameer/Comments.txt b/Sameer/Comments.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d2de13e --- /dev/null +++ b/Sameer/Comments.txt @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +1. Your scans are very poor quality and hard to read. +2. Correctly identified that reliability is so important that price of unit is not important. +3. Why did you not consider adding some kind of remote signalling? What if the attending person is far away and does not hear the buzzer? Some SMS / wireless based alert would have been good. Also, what about a graded approach - e.g. Alert Level 1 when humidity is 5% outside range, alert level 2 when 10%, etc... +4. File #2 should have had the blok diagram. You have drawn a mix of circuit and block diagram - even within the power supply for example: +/* + ┌───────────┐ ┌────────────┐ + │ transf. │ │Linear │ +───────►│ rectifier ├─────►│regulator ├────┐ + │ filter │ │7805 │ ▼ + │ │ │ │ 5V Regulated + └───────────┘ └────────────┘ VCC + + + + + ┌─────────┐ ┌────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌─────────┐ + │ │ │ Signal │ │Comparator │ │ LEDs │ + │Sensor ├────► Cond. ├──►│ ├───►│ │ + │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ + └─────────┘ └────────┘ └───────────┘ └─────────┘ + */ + + +5. Design notes: + Opamps cannot driver LEDs and buzzers directly - you need some buffering / current boost - maybe a transistor stage. + What kind of components should be chosen? precision resistors, some trimpots / variable Rs to calibrate in the field right? + Buzzer will be loud enough when mounted in the same "box"? Why not mount it externally? +6. Power supply efficiency is poor, which means heat will have to be dissipated. Where is the heat sink / thermal management? + If the power supply does fail, how does it alert the user? There is no power "on" LED to show that the device is awake. +7. Industrial Design: + The environment is humid - what is the plan for keeping the inside of the box free from condensation? +8. KICAD Design + Schematic: Why choose OPA op amp instead of something more generic like LM328 or LM741 or perhaps OP07? The LM2904 is just Rs4 per piece - this op amp is ~Rs300. + LEDs are connected wrongly - they are both in parallel with the buzzer. + No decoupling caps for the pwer supply? + What is the buzzer current? Won't it sag the power rails? + + Layout: is not compact, could have planned a little better. Also, buzzer and LEDs could have been closer. How do you plan to label the LEDs? Someone walks up + to the unit whn it is buzzing - how do they know what is the problem? Some kind of labelling should have been mentioned on silk screen or on outer cover. + If the buzzer is inside the water-tight housing, will enough sound come out? + +9. BOM and Pricing: + Unit pricing seems a little high, but that is ok. + Have you accounted for shipping handling, import duty etc? + what about cost of assembly - manpower, solder, housing, materials for housing, etc? + You said power supply is external, but you have only counted the parts cost. + +