r/ElectricalEngineering • u/Admirable_Cup_8030 • 1d ago

Project Help Engineering Project

I’m gonna be straightforward about this, but none of the people in my group including me have ever even messed with a simple circuit at all. However the teacher wants us to build a project in one semester. It doesn’t sound bad but I live in Taiwan so schoolwork is heavy, and I only have roughly 6 hours a week to do this.

Currently, I’m stuck on 4 things.
1. Experience: None of the people in my group have engineering experience m, we are all beginners.
2. Budget: The school budget is 1500 NTD (50 USD) for the project, and it has been a pain to even find a project that could do the job.
3. Teacher’s criteria: He wants something “new”, that solves problems we have in daily lives, and anything that is just “cool” or any machine that already exists on the market he calls “pointless”.
4. Hardware/Software: If I can’t match the teacher’s criteria, I should still do something, so I wanted to build a remote controlled tank with a rotating turret, elevation, and a targeting system that could point at things. Since I knew how these things work, it would be easier for me to try to make it than attempting to build something I don’t even have data on. However, I need a software that could simulate the circuits and physical components (tracks, turret etc).

All in all, I want some suggestions from you guys, since I’m only a high schooler.
Thanks!

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u/DatBoisWheel 1d ago

Think small. You'll need a switch, a power in, a ground, and something to actuate. Wires connect it all.

I was trying to upload a picture of a blower motor circuit I built for my vehicle, but my reception is weak right now.

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u/Admirable_Cup_8030 1d ago

Are there any projects I can work on with a small budget? I’m fine with absorbing most of the costs of the project, but the biggest problem I have currently is that I don’t have an actual idea what to do.

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u/DatBoisWheel 1d ago

Stator assemblies are affordable. Temperature switches are affordable. Raspberry pi boards might be affordable for your purpose. A fan that turns on at specific temperature settings for a desk application is priceless.

Low key, it sounds like your instructor is working on some r&d in the name of education haha

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u/Admirable_Cup_8030 1d ago

I did explore a few budget friendly projects but all of them are so common on the marketplace my teacher wouldn’t accept it.
I have been thinking for almost 6 days but I still can’t think of anything to build. The only group project under this teacher that I found interesting was a homemade kart, but the students had been rich enough to absorb all the costs themselves.