Empathize
with your users
- Collected other users as well my own emotions
- No way to find the current status of the boiler remotely
- Corrosion in heat exchanger
- Maintenance Schedule not announced/enforced
- Boiler does not start in spring times
DEFINE
your users’ needs and problems
- Need an instrumentation unit with WiFi
- Maintenance reminders can be notified to the users
- Corrosion in Aluminum Heat Exchanger
- Sensor to notify current status of the ignition rod
- Sensor to notify the faulty outdoor temp sensor thermistor
IDEATE
challenging assumptions and creating ideas for innovative solutions
- Main Controller can be integrated with WiFi
- Replacing Aluminum Heat Exchangers with Stainless Steel
- Sensor for Ignition rod to provide health status for the Main Controller
- Outdoor temperature sensor needs to have a backup thermistor
- Main controller can enforce maintenance schedule
PROTOTYPE
start creating solutions (Work-in-progress)
Raspberry Pi 3 based WiFi interface
- Getting ideas and explorations out of your head into the physical world
- Learn
- Solve disagreements
- Fail quickly and cheaply
TEST
getting feedback (Planned)
- Getting feedback on the solution
- Refine solutions to make them better
- Continue to know about the customers