GO BABY GO

Go Baby Go is a national, community-based research, design, and outreach program that provides modified ride-on cars to children from birth to age 3 who experience limited mobility. My class of 2018-2019 inthe PLTW Pre-Engineering program took this assignment upon ourselves, and this is the step-by-step documentation of how we did the project.

Supplies required- Basic car base

1. 3-D printed button made in Inventor,
2. Limit switches,
3. 5-point harness for safety and support,
4. Music speaker for wiring and use for adding music into the car for flair,
5. 3-D printed button for music playing,
6. On and off kill switch,
7. Boesch Built Qty 10- LED Lights- 3mm, 5mm, 8mm, 10mm pre wired 12 volt leds- 12V White, Red, Blue, Orange, Green (3mm, Red $6.99 + $2.99 shipping)
8. (FAVOLCANO LED Light Strip, Blue IP65 Waterproof LED Tape Light, SMD 3528, 600 LEDs 16.4 Feet（5M）LED Strip 120 LEDs/M Flexible Tape Lighting ($9.99)
9. 3 Krylon 16 Oz. Flat White Industrial Eco-Guard Latex Spray Paint Can,(12 Oz. Net Fill ( $6. 99)
10. 1 can of Krylon Fusion Patriot Blue Spray Paint for Plastic (12 oz) Bundle with Latex Gloves (6 Items) ($15.98 +$7.99 shipping.

Paint bare car base if desired (optional) with chosen colors.

Paint the rest of the car by taking parts separately off and painting then returning them.

Now install any newly decided parts you wanted to add. For us it is a music player and this is the code for the music player.

Open up SFEMP3Shield file folder even when it is not seen as a valid library file.

After entering the selected file, click on SFEMP3Shield.cpp to access all your needed files and check that they are all there.

Proceed to click on the folder and go over to your coding sketch and upload them by clicking on manage libraries and finding the folder (remember only the SFEMP3Shield folder is required).

After this the folder should be added to the coding sketch, and you should be good to go.

Construct a wiring diagram for the music player to be added to your car.

Create a start and skip button for the music player.

Solder electrical wire and connect with the music player.

Purchase and build a selector switch that will be used for the child using the car, to pull on a lever and hit a button to play songs when using it.

Obtain a leftover power cord from somewhere in your class and use it to power your newly created display.

While wiring up your LED headlights, if you wish, run extra electrical LED strips underneath the car on its bottom rims for an under-glow effect, hooking the ends however and wherever you wish.

Next, if you are adding the under glow, test out your LED strips while hooked up along the bottom of the car to see if they need fixing.

This is what the under glow should look like once completed.

Gather all car parts to be used.

Assemble the basic car base.

(Leave out the wheels for easier access to the car until the end.)

Make sure lights can handle available batteries and that lights are installed.

Decide placement of emergency items and possibly wanted add-ons.

Begin using desired shapes for car seats. On an easy to cut material, cut out diagrams for reference.

Construct wiring diagrams and plans however you like for lights or other things you want to change.

Solder electrical battery terminal wire.

Shrink wire sleeve for battery terminal wire.

Cut into an early part of the breaking wire to wire in kill switch as a replacement. Use your soldered and shrunk wire for the new wiring.

Wire your kill switch to your area of choice.

Secure kill switch and wire it to the on and off button 3-D printed for car.

Attach 3-D printed on and off button to the location of your choice.

After this, make sure the car runs and that you wired everything to it correctly.

Drill hole for electrical wires to be hooked through for lights.

Construct electrical model for the plan to wire the lights.

Wire all your needed wires to the kill switch button once it is completed.

Solder electrical wire for headlight installation if you wish to replace them.

Next, wire up your new LED strips into the headlight and to the wire, soldering on more wire as necessary.

Continue and heat-shrink wire to go together as you finish the lights. Also note to make room for the music player and for the harness.

Using your model diagram, finish hooking up your light electrical system.

At this point, you can begin to put the car parts back together as you finish areas of it. This allows you to work on parts that need the car to be more fully assembled.

Construct supports into which to drill the harness.

Hook and run the harness around the seat with the drilled supports and holes in the seat back to make it able to secure the child.

Design ideas for a button for an off and off switch for the car.

Make precise measurements for the button so that it will fit in the car.

Enter the sketch into Inventor with accurate numbers.

3-D print the design and finish the button. (Draft Buttons included.)

Unscrew button in order to make sure your springs are functional (draft button included).

Cut out an area to install the on and off drafted button.

Apply part to the car.

First, cut material with foam cutter in the desired shape and measurements for a seat back.

Measure PVC pipe to use with your cut out shape for the back of the car seat (to reinforce it and give it structure).

Finally, install it inside the car (by drilling holes and connecting), making sure the seat back is firm with reinforcements and secure it to the car spot chosen for it.