Foundations of Technology, Third Edition/

Technology, Engineering, and Design

Presentation 3.4.1

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Foundations of Technology, Third Edition/
Technology, Engineering, and Design
 Trouble-
Product Failure
shooting
Diagrams

Trouble-
shooting
Schematic
Diagrams

Manuals & Prevention

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 Product Failure
Often technological products do not
always function as they are designed
to the frustration of the consumer.
Systems and products fail because
they have faulty or poorly matched
parts, are used in ways that exceed
what was intended by the design, or
were poorly designed to begin with.
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 Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting is a specific form of
problem solving aimed at identifying the
cause of a malfunctioning system.
Troubleshooting a malfunctioning system
demands considering the various parts and
how those parts affect the entire system.
Troubleshooting involves a logical and
orderly process of discovering the problem
in a part or system.
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 Troubleshooting Diagrams
Troubleshooting diagrams exist for
most technological products, ranging
from kitchen faucets to
car ignition systems, and are
intended to help users solve the
functional problem with the device
and take appropriate action.

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 Troubleshooting Diagrams
Troubleshooting Diagrams can be:
Flowcharts
Lists of tests to perform
Conduct an Internet Step 1
search to find three
examples of
troubleshooting
Step 2
diagrams. Share your
examples with the
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Step 3
class.
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 Manuals and Prevention
Users must maintain the safe and proper
operation of the system or product.
Companies develop materials to ensure
that users are able to use systems for the
designed purpose, such as manuals.
The most common ways companies can
prevent failure are pretesting of parts and
procedures, overdesign, and redundancy.

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 Schematic Diagrams
Schematic diagrams are graphical
representations of physical
components.
RESISTORelectronic schematic SWITCH
Common
LED
representations:
BATTERY
CAPACITOR
DIODE

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Foundations of Technology, Third Edition/
Technology, Engineering, and Design