DT was my lowest grade at GCSE and for once, even as a perfectionist, it didn't bother me. A lot went wrong when I did my DT project but actually the eventual grade wasn't too bad! And actually, I'm quite happy it works and looks quite similar to how I imagined it to be! 
This was pretty much on the boundary, to be fair, but this ladies and gentleman is an "A" product. That means, on a bell curve, I am comfortably ahead of most of the candidates who took DT. Now admitantly I go to a good school with great teachers and equipment but ultimately, a GCSE is about the student. And so, we can all agree my product is a bit sh!te. Then ... what is a "C" product like? What is a "pass"? If I had to award myself a grade, I think this should be a C because it completes the specification but not a whole lot more. It looks rough, and the electronics side of it seem to be as reliable as an old Jag.
But ... I'll still take the A!!!!!
EDIT: I haven't said what it does - whoops! Basically, the design brief that I chose was a 'A Night light that must be "portable", that can sit on a desk, and be "wall mounted"'.
In true GCSE spirit, I put on my lawyer hat and thought how to circumvent the rules in terms of ease, while still legally being within the boundary. I didn't want to make something too small because it really complicates the matter, so even though my wooden handbag here is heavy for what should be <7 year old, the strap implies portability. I even stated how that it can sit on a wall because the strap can be attached to a out-poking nail or something, much like a painting would be. And instead of choosing a PCB that had a programmable chip, I used a transistor circuit with an LDR on the "bottom half" of the potential divider. Works well but the lights are always on if you look closely. In fairness, the light levels increase when it gets dark, as expected.
This was pretty much on the boundary, to be fair, but this ladies and gentleman is an "A" product. That means, on a bell curve, I am comfortably ahead of most of the candidates who took DT. Now admitantly I go to a good school with great teachers and equipment but ultimately, a GCSE is about the student. And so, we can all agree my product is a bit sh!te. Then ... what is a "C" product like? What is a "pass"? If I had to award myself a grade, I think this should be a C because it completes the specification but not a whole lot more. It looks rough, and the electronics side of it seem to be as reliable as an old Jag.
But ... I'll still take the A!!!!!
EDIT: I haven't said what it does - whoops! Basically, the design brief that I chose was a 'A Night light that must be "portable", that can sit on a desk, and be "wall mounted"'.
In true GCSE spirit, I put on my lawyer hat and thought how to circumvent the rules in terms of ease, while still legally being within the boundary. I didn't want to make something too small because it really complicates the matter, so even though my wooden handbag here is heavy for what should be <7 year old, the strap implies portability. I even stated how that it can sit on a wall because the strap can be attached to a out-poking nail or something, much like a painting would be. And instead of choosing a PCB that had a programmable chip, I used a transistor circuit with an LDR on the "bottom half" of the potential divider. Works well but the lights are always on if you look closely. In fairness, the light levels increase when it gets dark, as expected.
