GCSE Electronics Ideas

[Jackd]

Does anyone have any ideas for anything i could make for my GCSE Electronics project. Im pretty stumped as for what to make cause i dont want to make something simpily stupid like a money box with a flashing light, like everyone else lol.

 

Thanks

Jack

Edited September 5, 2008 by Jackd

[Sirbendy]

I remember that..heh.

 

I did a battery powered proximity alarm with an IR diode..fairly sure it ran as well!

 

My all time fave lessons..the smell of burning silicon never gets dull.

[Domino]

I made a variable tempo/variable time sig metronome.

[powdarrmonkey]

I think mine was a chess clock, and because I was sad, an extra-curricular stage cue-light system over CAT5e.

[mac_shinobi]

I remember making an AM / FM radio that had an amp circuit to amplify it. Worked a treat until I tried to combine the circuits into one as originally had the circuit in about 2 or 3 parts / boards / circuits.

 

One bit was the radio circuit with the relevant IC's etc, one bit was the amp and another bit was a step down circuit to step down the voltage etc from a 9v battery to the correct voltage / current.

 

Still got photos of it

[Jona]

There are some interesting things you can do with PICs (PICAXE) I built a maths education toy for my GCSE using a picaxe chip.

 

Jona

[Sirbendy]

Ah, PICAXE. Yes, we use it in DT now.

 

I was pre that..heh. Quite a bit pre that, too.

[googlemad]

I made a personal attack alarm which in the end turned into something so huge it could have been a house alarm!

 

Still got a C or something though

[tech_guy]

Your own personal wifi network detector? A friend of mine suggested it to his lad on the course and with a bit of work he made one and it was about the size of an ipod nano. Edited September 7, 2008 by tech_guy

[My220x]

Ha, I am making a money box, my first idea was an electronic safe but it didnt work out.

[SYNACK]

How good is your programming? You could make an environmental monitering sensor for use in server rooms, Just a temperature sensor hooked up to a microcontroller that outputs the current temperature via a serial port.

 

Might be a bit lame but from some of the posts around the forum you could probably sell a couple.

[witch]

There are loads of ideas on this site:

Electronic Projects, GCSE Electronic Projects, A-Level projects, Electronic Kits, Teaching resources

[bizzel]

I made a wall thermostat with adjustable temperature range. Good times!

[Andrew_C]

Does your school do theatre stuff? I keep hearing of places who want/need a cue light system. PM me if you're interested, and I'll give you some pointers.

[dhicks]

Does anyone have any ideas for anything i could make for my GCSE Electronics project.

 

An auto-on water pump to pump water from a small, enclosed space (say, just as an example, the courtyard in the middle of our prep school) when the water level reaches a given height (say, somewhere below window level...). Given prevailing weather conditions, could be a best seller.

 

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David Hicks

[iatkinson]

Produced an electronic target system back in the days before replica BB guns were frowned upon...and my eyesight deteriorated to the point of not being able to hit a barn door.

[pete]

One of our lot is building a robot lawnmower. Imagine a vacuum-formed roomba with an underside comprised mostly of spinning stanley-knife blades with motors, steering and blade speed controlled by a basic stamp.

 

We'll be wearing steel toecaps if we have to venture down to the tech dept this year.

[originofsymmetry]

I made a weight sensitive barrier - like those you see in mutli storey car parks, made it 2 years ago, never worked - got a D lol

[I_LuV_ManUTd]

Hey, I am making a Chess Clock and am stumped, can anyone help me?