Technology & Design
GCSE Coursework
Thinking of a thematic approach to coursework?
RA Moffatt WELB
Technology Education Centre WELB
Theme : A Safe Environment
Monostable:
Timers: Food / Egg / Electrical safety
Bath overflow/ Oven Timer / Computer / Internet /
T.V.
Exercise machines /
Photographic, telephone, plant watering,
Astable:
Hazard warning lights: – Tractor - field entrance, wet floor,
School crossing,
Bicycle direction indicators
Burglar Alarm; house, bicycle, mobile phone, ipod..
Steep Gradient - Tractor early warning Indicator
Personal Attack Alarm,
555IC Timer
555 IC Light / Heat Timer
555 IC Timer: LED Light ‘on’ for a set time
LED light-’on’ for a set time to help
Select CD’s
Rotating CD Selector
Rotating CD selector on a timer
Rotating CD Selector
5-a-Side Football Timer
555IC Football timer
Telephone Timer
555IC Telephone timer
Desktop Fan Design
A Desktop Fan Design
3D CAD Drawings
A Desktop Fan Design
Fan-on for a set time
A Desktop Fan Design
A Desktop Fan Design
A Desk-Top fan design electronically controlled
A Desktop Fan Design
A Desktop Fan Design
A Novelty Desktop Fan Design
A Cooling Fan Design
A Hand-Held Cooling Fan
A Desk-Top Fan Design
A Year 10 Project
Why not a Bicycle Lights Theme?
A Bicycle Hazzard Light
Bicycle Indicators
555 Astable Circuit
Bicycle Indicators
555 IC Astable Circuit
Bicycle Hazzard Lights
555 IC Astable Circuit
Bicycle Hazzard Lights
Bicycle Hazzard Lights
Bicycle Indicator – 555IC Astable Circuit
A Farming Traffic Warning Signal
555IC Astable Circuit
A Cycle Alarm
Using an electronic Latch
Hazzard Lights / Emergency Breakdown Sign
Hazzard Lights / Emergency Breakdown Sign
Hazzard Lights / Emergency Breakdown Sign
A Chess Game / Electronic Timer
Press-Up Counter
Car showroom dynamic display
Rotating Table
A Child’s Rotating Display
Incorporating tunes
A Jewellery Display – 555IC Monostable
A Rotating Display – Mobile Phone Holder
A Cosmetic Display – 555IC Astable
Rotating / Flashing LED’s
A Dynamic Display for a
Car Showroom
Egg Timer – 555IC Monostable
A simplistic Egg Timer
A Personal Attack Alarm
Suggested Ideas for a Personal Alarm!
A Personal Alarm
A CD Holder / Security latch
A Bed-Wetting Sensor
A Novelty Money-Box Design
A Child’s Novelty Night Light
Light-on for a set time
A Novelty Night Light Design detail by CNC router
An Electronic Game Puzzle
A Tractor Tilt-Alarm
A Tractor Tilt-Alarm
A Trailer Tilt-Indicator
Spectator Counter
A Model of a Cat in-out Indicator
Tractor Fuel Level Indicator
A Child’s Game incorporating
an Electronic Timer.
A Basket-Ball Counter
Electronic Dice
Electronic Dice
Ultrasonic Child Monitor
A Night Light
Night Lights
A Basket Ball Counter
Attic Light – on a timer
An Automatic Attic Door opener
An Automatic Attic Door opener
An Automatic window opener
An Attic / Greenhouse
Window Opener
An Automatic Gate
CD Security
CD Security
Storage Chest - Electronic Security
Electronic Game
An Electronic Stair Safety Gate
Milk Bottle - Bird Alarm
A Device to frighten birds away
from pecking into milk bottle tops.
A Robotic Arm – Computer Control
Using a stepper motor
A Robotic Arm – Joystick Control
A Robotic Arm – Pneumatically Controlled
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A Robotic Arm – Computer Control
A Teleporter – 555IC Astable light
A Teleporter – 555IC Astable light
Robotic Vehicles
A JCB Digger – 555IC Astable light
A Model JCB Digger
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A Robotic Vehicle – Joy-Stick Control
A Robotic Vehicle – Pic-Axe controlled
A Moon Buggy
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A Retractable Clothes Line
Mechanical: Ratchet & Pawl
A Drill Stand
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