This task is simply the instructional documentation for the 2 devices that I’ve designed. You should expect to find very basic instructions along side a possible maintenance scheme for the device’s.
Nursery Shapes User Guide
The nursery school shapes system is more of a teacher’s assistant device. It offers various learning techniques in a format that could be considered enjoyable to the students. The device is relatively simple but could be capable of increased functionality via an expansion bay that allows you to load external programs through a card. There would also be the possibility of programming the voice for the device instead of relying on the default voice. The default function of the device is to teach letters, words, numbers and shapes. The device has 2 main types of input, touch through the pushing of buttons and voice. The teacher or student could press the square button for instance and the device would say in a pre-recorded voice in the following way. S – Q – U – A – R – E. SQUARE.
The device would then display the word square as shown below with each letter being said individually and then the word be said at the end. To make it clearer to the students it would also be possible to emphasise in a visual way which letter is being said by the device. This could be done by highlighting it or making it pop out more than the other letters.
Maintenance
This device would require little maintenance once the final build is complete because it will have the option to load compatible third party software via the expansion bay. The software would only be loaded into temporary memory to prevent any permanent changes to the device. In order to make changes to the default software the chip would have to be sent for reprogramming. There is the possibility of remote updating via USB cable. The device could be plugged into a computer system and receive updates from a server.
Train Routes User Guide
The train routes system would be implemented at numerous train stations around the country and possibly the world. The preferred method of implementation would be to have it displayed on a plastic or strong glass touch screen at various locations in each station. The board will allow you to touch points to find out more information about them. I.E. If you look at the image below you can see a train shown in green which is just before the half way point on the track. You would be able to see the train move in real-time down the track until it reaches your location. You would also be able to check on demand how many passengers are on the train. This means that you would be able to see how many people get on or off at each station until it reaches yours. This could be extremely useful in order to judge which train cart you should attempt to board. It would make more sense to get on a train cart with 2 people occupying it rather than getting on a cart that is full.
If you take a look at the image below, you can see that it is also possible to click each station to determine how long ago the train left that station and how long is expected until it arrives at your station. This is a useful feature as far as time management goes. It could also allow you to calculate your estimated travel time.
The image below is just an example of how you might view how many passengers are on the train.
Maintenance
In order to maintain the device I would highly recommend that the glass or plastic used to display the system is very heavy duty. This is to avoid weather related damage and criminal damage. The system would be maintained via a port that is protected by a lockable box. A laptop with the correct software and driver could be connected to the device via a USB cable with a unique connection the other side. Once plugged in the board would go offline and a security code would be entered. Once the code has been entered correctly a control panel should become accessible in order to change small settings. Any major changes would require new code to be written to the devices chip. A remote authentication system could also be a good idea in order to help fight hacking attempts.
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