Reverse Engineering: Mechanicnal Product - Functional Analysis

1. What is the purpose or primary function of the object?

• For most people I think the primary function of the object is to make calls and send text

2.Make an educated guess as to how this product operates. Use simple machines’ terminology to explain the object’s sequential operation.

• For the texting sense of the machine I believe that as the buttons are pushed they push down on sensors that tells the software to put that letter
• For the screen sliding I think that there is a ridge that the top part of the screen moves along and then when it gets to the end of the track there is a stopper

3. Identify the system inputs, intended product function, and outputs. Use power point to create a "black box" graphic like the toothbrush example discussed in class. Save the slide as a .jpg image and post it to answer this question.
                (powerpoint image)


5. What is it about this device’s function that you cannot identify, because the mechanical components are hidden from plain view?


          You cannot see the inner workings of the phone because they are blocked from view by the chassis of the  phone, also you can't see the stuff that makes the screen workl.