Design and Fabrication of a Powered Whiteboard

Abstract

Determination of students in the class and teacher performance is based upon numerous factors, which are more or less interrelated. One of these factors is the whiteboard which is the source of communication and temporary storage. It trumps almost all other factors. Effective teaching performance in class is attributed to the interactive whiteboard. This project aims to design a non-conventional powered whiteboard of enhancing technical features which will replace single panel wall fix whiteboard. Two moving panels were used to increase the space for writing. The belt and pulley mechanism were used for the relative motion of panels. The tower pro MG945 servo motor was chosen to control relative notion. Melamine with a high amount of resin on base material was chosen for panels to reduce thickness and increase strength. Various holes/slits are cut over selected locations on the mountings to paste them on the wall. Electricity as external energy is added to the mechanism, hence making this system active. Several types of configurations are tried using 3D, transient CFD simulations in Fluent. The simulations are carried out in parallel processing using heavy-duty Xeon processors and supercomputers. Differences in the static and dynamic parameters are observed when movement is controlled, and relative improvements are compared to a clean panel (fix panel). Physical testing is to be carried out where the numerical solutions will be verified through prototype experimentations. This project hopes to promote automatically powered whiteboards to increase productivity