1. Your company intends to produce an electric soldering iron suitable for use with printed circuit boards:
(a) produce a design specification which includes at least 10 requirements and constraints
(b) produce a design solution in the form of a concept sketch with an accompanying explanation
2. A device to test the strength of bicycle brake cables is required by a manufacturer:
(a) identify three possible sources of energy that may be used for the testing device
(b) produce as many possible design alternatives as you can using the diff erent power sources, giving details of the design principles and proposed operation of each design solution.
(c) using a suitable method, rank your possible design solutions
(d) select your optimum solution and produce a general arrangement drawing.