PRE2019 3 Group4 Design Flaws and Future Improvements

On this separate wiki page the design flaws that arose during the assembly of the electronics in the casing will be described. Also, if applicable, a solution is given to a design flaw such that this may be prevented in the future.

Micro USB cable hole

On the right side of the design casing a cutout is placed for the entry of the micro USB cable for the RaspberryPi (RPi). The hole has been created according to the standard dimensions of a micro USB plug, however the casing of the micro USB itself had not been taken into account. This posed problems, since the micro USB is now too large to enter the design casing.

As a solution to this problem the RPi has been moved outside of the design casing for the final design and tests. Luckily this could be done easily due to the availability of the RPi extension kit with a large ribbon cable. Therefore for the future it is important to also take into account the casing of the micro USB itself when creating a cutout for the micro USB.