PCOA Designs - My Designs

Hey!
So I started designing some PCOAs today in order to not fall behind, and I can honestly say it is a bit harder than I imagined it to be. The hard part is not making sure that it does everything that I want it or need it to, but that I keep coming up with different physical designs for the device; I cannot decide which one is better or which one is most cost efficient. I know that talking with my group will be very helpful, especially once all of our designs are looked at, but I wish I had one design that is my favorite and that I want to stick with and work on. I feel like the problem is that I haven't done enough research yet on the technology that I want to use in the device; if I conducted more research I would have a much better idea about the size of different components, the cost of them, and how reliable they are to use in a medical device. I feel that this is a lesson learned; I should have conducted at least some preliminary research before attempting to design. I think I was so excited to actually draw a mock device that I forgot that the device that I am designing serves a bigger purpose than simply being a nicely designed piece of equipment. Before I attempt to draw another design, I am going to do a little bit of research, always remembering to cite my sources!

That is it for now! Hopefully next time I will actually have completed at least one design!