Project Blog Post - "Reverse Engineering" (10|2|17-10|9|17)

Reverse Engineering - Project Blog Post

Summary: This project was when we had to find an object that had 7+ parts to it and take it apart. While completing this project, I learned a lot about the cordless phone that we were taking apart and I learned the names of a few components of the motherboard, such as a capacitor (holds the data of the motherboard) and a resistor (resists currents). 
Backward-Looking: How much did you know about the subject before we started? I knew a little bit about the subject since I had this class last year and we had the same unit, so I knew that we would have to take it apart, document it in a manual, and compile the parts into a BoM, and I knew that engineerings take things apart to find out how they work so they (the engineers) can apply that newfound knowledge to their work. 

Inward-Looking: How do you feel about this piece of work? What parts of it do you particularly like/dislike? Why? What did/do you enjoy about this piece/work? I'm not sure if I like it or dislike it, seeing as one of our group members didn't really do anything, and we lacked some of the components, which made it hard for me to say that I like it, but at the same time, our manual isn't bad, so I don't mind it. The parts of it that I particularly like are probably the sketches because it was something that I'm remotely good at. The sketches are one of the things that I enjoy about this piece.

Outward-Looking: If someone else were looking at the piece, what might they learn about who you are? If someone else was looking at our finished product, they would learn that I am a very visual person and that I prefer to paint a picture to show my understanding of the topic, rather than writing up a report. They would learn that I prefer to read and learn and try to be as specific about a topic as possible.

Forward-Looking: What would you like to spend more time on in school? I would like to spend more time on learning about animating because I've watched a lot of tutorials on how to animate, and it's something that I'm incredibly interested in. I think it may be interesting to learn because then we can animate things as a unit (although animation takes a long time) and present them to the class. 

 Image Link: Reverse Engineering Manual

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