3. Conceptual Design and Product Architecture - N-Division-2019-2020-Even/Repo-06 GitHub Wiki

Overview of the functions:

SL. NO MAIN FUNCTIONS
1 Changing lights
2 Music
3 Display questions
4 User input
5 Decorative mechanism

Function Tree:

Function Cluster:

Morphological Chart:

SL. NO Functions Means 1 Means 2 Means 3 Means 4 Means 5
1 Changing lights LED's Lasers Reflective s CEC lights Miniature lights
2 Music Speakers Mobile via Bluetooth In-built speakers AUX cables Home speakers
3 Display questions Mobile screen Additional screen LED's Projector Hologram
4 User Input Mobile applications Touch screen Voice Wired input Manual entering
5 Decorative mechanism Rotating lights(link mechanism) Bubble maker(gear and shaft mechanism) Ribbon mechanism(belt mechanism) Designer tree(ball bearing) Rotating disk of lights(gear mechanism)

Concept Designs:

  • Design 1:
  • Design 2:
  • Design 3:
  • Design 4:
  • Design 5:
  • Design 6:
  • Design 7:

Product Architecture:

PUGH Chart:

SL.NO DESIGN OBJECTIVE WEIGHTAGE DESIGN IDEA 1 DESIGN IDEA 2 DESIGN IDEA 3 DESIGN IDEA 4 DESIGN IDEA 5 DESIGN IDEA 6 DESIGN IDEA 7
1 Entertainment 9 - DATUM + + ++ ++ ++
2 Ease of use 7 - DATUM - + - 0 +
3 Portability 5 - DATUM - + ++ -- +
4 Affordable 4 + DATUM + 0 - --- 0
5 User friendly 3 - DATUM + + + - ++
Score(+) 4 16 24 31 18 36
Score(-) -24 -12 0 -11 -25 0
Total score -20 0 4 24 20 -7 36

The selected design is: DESIGN 7

Justifications:

DESIGN IDEA OBJECTIVE SCORE JUSTIFICATION
1 Entertainment -9 The lack of an additional decorative item reduces the entertainment factor of the design.
Ease of use -7 The design of playing music using app-speaker combo separately isn’t easier to use.
Portability -5 Number of unattached components in the design makes it unwieldy.
Affordable 4 The affordability of the design is associated with its basic components.
User-friendly -3 The disorganized layout of the design makes it not so user-friendly.
2 Entertainment Datum This design was chosen as the datum as this was easy to manufacture and held all the basic functionalities.
Ease of use Datum
Portability Datum
Affordable Datum
User-friendly Datum
3 Entertainment 9 The additional umbrella mechanism provides a pleasing visual sight.
Ease of use -7 The external Bluetooth port makes it a bit unruly while handling.
Portability -5 The delicate parts make it a little difficult to transport.
Affordable 4 The inexpensive components make it affordable.
User-friendly 3 The displays and other functions are clear for usage.
4 Entertainment 9 The additional ribbon mechanism provides a pleasing visual sight.
Ease of use 7 The design is easy to use as it has less complicated mechanisms.
Portability 5 The device is portable as it has fewer components.
Affordable 0 The affordability is similar to that of datum.
User-friendly 3 The design is user-friendly because of less complicated mechanisms.
5 Entertainment 18 The additional mechanism of reflective surfaces with lights provides a very good visual.
Ease of use -7 The feature of voice activation isn’t easy to use.
Portability 10 The device is portable and compact.
Affordable -4 Components can go a bit high on the cost side.
User-friendly 3 The device is user-friendly as its objectives are clear.
6 Entertainment 18 The laser technology appears to be good.
Ease of use 0 The design has many components, thus not greater ease of use.
Portability -10 The setup is heavy.
Affordable -12 The cost of the setup is a bit too high.
User-friendly -3 The device is user-friendly.
7 Entertainment 18 It is entertaining as the design consists of various mechanisms
Ease of use 7 The device is very to use.
Portability 9 The device is easily portable
Affordable 0 It is the same as that of datum
User-friendly 6 The design is user-friendly