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– ## YoungElectricalWork.docx
– ## M2-L5Instructions.pdf
**## YoungElectricalWork.docx**
[https://learn-us-east-1-prod-fleet02-xythos.content.blackboardcdn.com/60f18d46b1049/56548076?X-Blackboard-S3-Bucket=learn-us-east-1-prod-fleet01-xythos&X-Blackboard-Expiration=1738789200000&X-Blackboard-Signature=ykLK67AFrqn0WM5MGttFQfatw%2FAifI4pem9C6xNxt1c%3D&X-Blackboard-Client-Id=200220&X-Blackboard-S3-Region=us-east-1&response-cache-control=private%2C%20max-age%3D21600&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27M2-L5%2520Instructions.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEDIaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIDnnkTkLTDgjjddAapCBdpBOH1BmmdJp%2BohCiZYqpIhRAiEAn5cY2D6SQacZ586BTk88S2z3nhjGWx2EocA4XJvtrv4qtAUISxAEGgw2MzU1Njc5MjQxODMiDPIAl6TwsQld2IgukSqRBVL5pyvyOkNS%2Bw8zxzddU0G%2BIcLi%2FODiLcsU5AEmjNWrDMprO%2FLv2guDLyJ8OLShStF2bYG7y5o%2B7j4wH1K%2FZxJ%2Fj5VxFA28tOmuCF349kaddaGIyNYl2frzobuvlig9rIsZVoE8O9BVuGrTSUmEU4qeeOYIe2r6mtjX%2BaxnWI9%2FGrUKb%2Fo5Bxr5Ju0Giqf0i6fw1HSu6x8Km8meR5msA7e43VL%2F3oWFDVHm9Pwu9JYLic0vvMNNzaWd5ek2jYmUKgE1oeDZ%2BU%2FBs55eI3QsVJ0WIyKJ2DEOJPZvmYmovv%2FBKufDNKAyPuLaAEIEUoWBO2CiZ0RPHY4zvwXkhZgrJykH6U2uTwpp8CDHbNzmE%2BAMvPtAcIlJwj%2BDpuvwJEtVD2v0VJDJt1Tq%2Ft98ty2CgjgDyk%2Fwj5Ig21Ge7oIcXTzWqjkiL43eMqF2pMWbkjRWcepBgfFOFfef4U%2FgIStNC8uVkkT%2FWPjZd9OYSx1LeyyvpqHP7vfRSgFuw%2FNAb4SzPeWlPfS2y3yH4js5ANTu9DcJ%2Flwd6O9%2BXqtcRgIlkHmhfEEudG5j7pGAeZeo%2FdNpZgiCnIEV4JoY0VMJN0oECjna3m%2FWDCDmGTAMaqdb5VkX9E6Vv7J9eltO6NFxLcdwuBvxWnBsf3y648es36RF1LqjpXWx2egPLAqUEEMm%2BqD2vpa49IcoZ4pSqpCCtNhaH%2F%2BiFhgQb73EMjGajhscXHMiiuafbi3gSuLIAldodl8%2Bd4dwfpB6CXzjnBbriiKcPUaSNmQyxOdi1gKzCy4mryrzmiNFVvPsXb9mPYa%2FIBF1f5bR9N43LbhO0h%2BIzuTYv%2B3lqo%2BWvOKu2GxYAa0Wj6%2FvkXyUNAUG8PgyltssydRXWjDvxY69BjqxARM1qVa73iohsDSOtUZ0Obkd%2BqFz6UgUvWLFtepMyH9MwmDQek1kGfbYP6IeT2lctUwRROSsAXzROTH1VPtH1PsgCJrrbgUmoQ3nou0Flvt9pmASWI0wemhIhH0V47X%2BQfYOQMUdUkHVMAK5Gu4IxUTE5aXIF9eGD%2BeyOo%2FRYXrFBB6RgbQIr9mr%2Fse6iuS9D%2F5XTe3SwKWeKSoNi6TJg%2BVrk8poinTz6ZRwHKDbfMB7kA%3D%3D&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20250205T150000Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAZH6WM4PLUAHV5USL%2F20250205%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=36916f897cae2355e0ed0554d4ed3b8029156bd5e91ef85ee095d48b8b1aad2f](https://learn-us-east-1-prod-fleet02-xythos.content.blackboardcdn.com/60f18d46b1049/56548076?X-Blackboard-S3-Bucket=learn-us-east-1-prod-fleet01-xythos&X-Blackboard-Expiration=1738789200000&X-Blackboard-Signature=ykLK67AFrqn0WM5MGttFQfatw%2FAifI4pem9C6xNxt1c%3D&X-Blackboard-Client-Id=200220&X-Blackboard-S3-Region=us-east-1&response-cache-control=private%2C%20max-age%3D21600&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27M2-L5%2520Instructions.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEDIaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIDnnkTkLTDgjjddAapCBdpBOH1BmmdJp%2BohCiZYqpIhRAiEAn5cY2D6SQacZ586BTk88S2z3nhjGWx2EocA4XJvtrv4qtAUISxAEGgw2MzU1Njc5MjQxODMiDPIAl6TwsQld2IgukSqRBVL5pyvyOkNS%2Bw8zxzddU0G%2BIcLi%2FODiLcsU5AEmjNWrDMprO%2FLv2guDLyJ8OLShStF2bYG7y5o%2B7j4wH1K%2FZxJ%2Fj5VxFA28tOmuCF349kaddaGIyNYl2frzobuvlig9rIsZVoE8O9BVuGrTSUmEU4qeeOYIe2r6mtjX%2BaxnWI9%2FGrUKb%2Fo5Bxr5Ju0Giqf0i6fw1HSu6x8Km8meR5msA7e43VL%2F3oWFDVHm9Pwu9JYLic0vvMNNzaWd5ek2jYmUKgE1oeDZ%2BU%2FBs55eI3QsVJ0WIyKJ2DEOJPZvmYmovv%2FBKufDNKAyPuLaAEIEUoWBO2CiZ0RPHY4zvwXkhZgrJykH6U2uTwpp8CDHbNzmE%2BAMvPtAcIlJwj%2BDpuvwJEtVD2v0VJDJt1Tq%2Ft98ty2CgjgDyk%2Fwj5Ig21Ge7oIcXTzWqjkiL43eMqF2pMWbkjRWcepBgfFOFfef4U%2FgIStNC8uVkkT%2FWPjZd9OYSx1LeyyvpqHP7vfRSgFuw%2FNAb4SzPeWlPfS2y3yH4js5ANTu9DcJ%2Flwd6O9%2BXqtcRgIlkHmhfEEudG5j7pGAeZeo%2FdNpZgiCnIEV4JoY0VMJN0oECjna3m%2FWDCDmGTAMaqdb5VkX9E6Vv7J9eltO6NFxLcdwuBvxWnBsf3y648es36RF1LqjpXWx2egPLAqUEEMm%2BqD2vpa49IcoZ4pSqpCCtNhaH%2F%2BiFhgQb73EMjGajhscXHMiiuafbi3gSuLIAldodl8%2Bd4dwfpB6CXzjnBbriiKcPUaSNmQyxOdi1gKzCy4mryrzmiNFVvPsXb9mPYa%2FIBF1f5bR9N43LbhO0h%2BIzuTYv%2B3lqo%2BWvOKu2GxYAa0Wj6%2FvkXyUNAUG8PgyltssydRXWjDvxY69BjqxARM1qVa73iohsDSOtUZ0Obkd%2BqFz6UgUvWLFtepMyH9MwmDQek1kGfbYP6IeT2lctUwRROSsAXzROTH1VPtH1PsgCJrrbgUmoQ3nou0Flvt9pmASWI0wemhIhH0V47X%2BQfYOQMUdUkHVMAK5Gu4IxUTE5aXIF9eGD%2BeyOo%2FRYXrFBB6RgbQIr9mr%2Fse6iuS9D%2F5XTe3SwKWeKSoNi6TJg%2BVrk8poinTz6ZRwHKDbfMB7kA%3D%3D&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20250205T150000Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAZH6WM4PLUAHV5USL%2F20250205%252)
[FitBit Surge Teardown – iFixit](https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/FitBit+Surge+Teardown/42344)
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**## M2-L5Instructions.pdf**
ECE 121-001
M2 – Lifecycle
Revision: 3
Revision Date: 3-Feb-2025
Product Lifecycle
The vice president of sales at FitBit has asked you to help senior management in the company
learn about the complete lifecycle of the Fitbit Sense smart fitness device. Senior management
refers to the group of people who make decisions about the short and long-term goals of the
company and setting the vision of how to reach them.
You are a computer engineer on the product development team who contributes to the activities
that will support meeting those goals and vision. In your role as a computer engineer you helped
design the electronic sensors (e.g. measure heart rate, activity, and blood oxygen), designed the
printed circuit boards, and coordinated with another company to get them fabricated and
assembled.
During your work, you focused exclusively on the technical elements of the FitBit such as how
to pick the most accurate sensors, how to keep costs low, and how to choose the best materials to
prevent heat and electrical currents from transferring to a person wearing the device. During
your design work ,you referred to technical standards about the safe levels of electrical current
that can be transferred to the human body. But you did not look at any standards or regulations
related to fabrication or assembly of the FitBit. At other companies you previously worked the
mechanical engineers on the team typically did those tasks after you shared a design with them
(so you thought that would also happen here). Also, you felt a lot of pressure to move onto your
next project which was being promoted internally as critical to meeting sales goals for the
company (which can lead to financial bonuses for all the engineering teams).
Senior management needs a summary of the major stages of the product lifecycle of the FitBit
devices from mineral extraction to end of life. They have specifically asked for details of the
stakeholders, important regulations, guiding ethics, and potential for harm. They will use this
information to develop new short and long term goals for FitBit and necessary product revisions.
ECE 121-001
M2 – Lifecycle
Revision: 3
Revision Date: 3-Feb-2025
Instructions and Deliverables:
The following instructions and questions are to help guide you through preparing the requested
details. You will upload your answers to each of these questions on Blackboard. While you can
work with a partner to discuss each question, both partners must submit their own answers
written in their own words. For all short-answer questions you must use complete sentences
with appropriate language for the course. Spelling is important for all fill-in-the-blank style
questions, so pay careful attention when entering your answers to those style of questions.
1) To help you "remember" about your FitBit design you will need to review the
electrical components that are used in it. To start, navigate to the iFixit.com website:
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/FitBit+Surge+Teardown/42344
which has a tear-down of a Fitbit Surge. From this website, select an appropriate photo
that clearly shows the electrical components and printed circuit board.
• Save this figure to your computer. Using this saved figure, edit it to indicate and
label:
o One example of a resistor;
o One example of a capacitor;
o One example of an integrated circuit;
o The printed circuit board.
• To help you identify these on the photo, remember that the course notes have
details about what resistors, capacitors, integrated circuits look like.
• Additionally, the silkscreen text shown on PCBs can also help identify types of
components. Read the information about Reference Designators here to help:
o https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-
codes-to-know-ulc
• If you have never edited a photo before, review the following resources may help:
o https://krispitech.com/how-to-add-arrows-to-pictures/
o https://www.techuntold.com/add-arrows-to-pictures/
• After editing, save and upload your revised photo to Blackboard as the
submission for this question.
o iFixit licenses all their content under the under the Creative Commons
Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike license
(https://www.ifixit.com/Info/Licensing), which means we can use their
website photos for this non-commercial class project (but we need to make
sure to attribute them and add a link to iFixit.com).
Considering the capacitors in the FitBit surge:
2) What is the name of one conflict mineral referenced in the course notes that is
necessary to build capacitors?
3) What is the name of the country that produces the largest amount of this mineral?
4) What is one example of a government regulation referenced in the course that impacts
the minerals required for capacitors? In your own words, what is this regulation intended
to do?
[https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/FitBit+Surge+Teardown/42344](https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/FitBit+Surge+Teardown/42344)
[https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-codes-to-know-ulc](https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-codes-to-know-ulc)
[https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-codes-to-know-ulc](https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-codes-to-know-ulc)
[o%09https:/krispitech.com/how-to-add-arrows-to-pictures](https://www.sweetstudy.com/questions/o%09https:/krispitech.com/how-to-add-arrows-to-pictures)
[o%09https:/www.techuntold.com/add-arrows-to-pictures](https://www.sweetstudy.com/questions/o%09https:/www.techuntold.com/add-arrows-to-pictures)
ECE 121-001
M2 – Lifecycle
Revision: 3
Revision Date: 3-Feb-2025
Considering the printed circuit boards (PCBs) in the FitBit surge:
5) What is one location (region and country) in the world where printed circuit boards
could be processed in a PCB recycling workshop if they enter the informal recycling
network?
• Use the research article related to e-waste that you have already reviewed for a
previous assignment in the course for help with this question.
6) What is one example of a government regulation (provide its complete name, no
abbreviations) referend in the course that impacts printed circuit boards? In your own
words, what is this regulation intended to do?
Considering the overall lifecycle of the FitBit surge:
7) What do you think the ethical problems related to the lifecycle of the FitBit surge are?
8) What IEEE code of ethic do you think is most relevant to this situation?
9) If more than one IEEE code of ethic is relevant, what do you think is the second most
relevant to this situation?
10) Why did you select these IEEE codes of ethics? What information helped in your
decision?
11) What additional information (if any) would be helpful to clarify what the ethical
problems of this situation are?
Considering either the Material Extraction phase OR End-of-Life phase of the
FitBit Surge Product Lifecycle:
12) Name all the groups of people that you think have a stake in this phase. That is, they
are either directly involved in making decisions or are impacted by decisions or actions at
this stage. Be sure to note which category (decision-maker or impacted) each of your
named groups of people belong to.
13) Name and describe at least 2 examples of harm that can occur at this phase. For each,
note the type of harm it is (using the definitions of harm that are in the course notes and
have been discussed in class). For each harm also name the group of people impacted.
Be clear, specific, and detailed in your answers.
14) Considering one of the harms you described in the previous question, what are 2
actions that you could take as a computer engineer on the project to reduce them? In
addition to the people who will be impacted by reducing each harm, what other groups of
people may be impacted by these action and how?
ECE 121-001
M2 – Lifecycle
Revision: 3
Revision Date: 3-Feb-2025
Recommendations:
15) From your review of the overall life-cycle of the FitBit surge what are details do you
think are most important to share with the executive team to help their future planning?
Be clear and specific with your answer using details from your answers to the previous
questions in this case study to support your recommendation.
**## M2-L5Instructions.pdf**
ECE 121-001
M2 – Lifecycle
Revision: 3
Revision Date: 3-Feb-2025
Product Lifecycle
The vice president of sales at FitBit has asked you to help senior management in the company
learn about the complete lifecycle of the Fitbit Sense smart fitness device. Senior management
refers to the group of people who make decisions about the short and long-term goals of the
company and setting the vision of how to reach them.
You are a computer engineer on the product development team who contributes to the activities
that will support meeting those goals and vision. In your role as a computer engineer you helped
design the electronic sensors (e.g. measure heart rate, activity, and blood oxygen), designed the
printed circuit boards, and coordinated with another company to get them fabricated and
assembled.
During your work, you focused exclusively on the technical elements of the FitBit such as how
to pick the most accurate sensors, how to keep costs low, and how to choose the best materials to
prevent heat and electrical currents from transferring to a person wearing the device. During
your design work ,you referred to technical standards about the safe levels of electrical current
that can be transferred to the human body. But you did not look at any standards or regulations
related to fabrication or assembly of the FitBit. At other companies you previously worked the
mechanical engineers on the team typically did those tasks after you shared a design with them
(so you thought that would also happen here). Also, you felt a lot of pressure to move onto your
next project which was being promoted internally as critical to meeting sales goals for the
company (which can lead to financial bonuses for all the engineering teams).
Senior management needs a summary of the major stages of the product lifecycle of the FitBit
devices from mineral extraction to end of life. They have specifically asked for details of the
stakeholders, important regulations, guiding ethics, and potential for harm. They will use this
information to develop new short and long term goals for FitBit and necessary product revisions.
ECE 121-001
M2 – Lifecycle
Revision: 3
Revision Date: 3-Feb-2025
Instructions and Deliverables:
The following instructions and questions are to help guide you through preparing the requested
details. You will upload your answers to each of these questions on Blackboard. While you can
work with a partner to discuss each question, both partners must submit their own answers
written in their own words. For all short-answer questions you must use complete sentences
with appropriate language for the course. Spelling is important for all fill-in-the-blank style
questions, so pay careful attention when entering your answers to those style of questions.
1) To help you "remember" about your FitBit design you will need to review the
electrical components that are used in it. To start, navigate to the iFixit.com website:
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/FitBit+Surge+Teardown/42344
which has a tear-down of a Fitbit Surge. From this website, select an appropriate photo
that clearly shows the electrical components and printed circuit board.
• Save this figure to your computer. Using this saved figure, edit it to indicate and
label:
o One example of a resistor;
o One example of a capacitor;
o One example of an integrated circuit;
o The printed circuit board.
• To help you identify these on the photo, remember that the course notes have
details about what resistors, capacitors, integrated circuits look like.
• Additionally, the silkscreen text shown on PCBs can also help identify types of
components. Read the information about Reference Designators here to help:
o https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-
codes-to-know-ulc
• If you have never edited a photo before, review the following resources may help:
o https://krispitech.com/how-to-add-arrows-to-pictures/
o https://www.techuntold.com/add-arrows-to-pictures/
• After editing, save and upload your revised photo to Blackboard as the
submission for this question.
o iFixit licenses all their content under the under the Creative Commons
Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike license
(https://www.ifixit.com/Info/Licensing), which means we can use their
website photos for this non-commercial class project (but we need to make
sure to attribute them and add a link to iFixit.com).
Considering the capacitors in the FitBit surge:
2) What is the name of one conflict mineral referenced in the course notes that is
necessary to build capacitors?
3) What is the name of the country that produces the largest amount of this mineral?
4) What is one example of a government regulation referenced in the course that impacts
the minerals required for capacitors? In your own words, what is this regulation intended
to do?
[https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/FitBit+Surge+Teardown/42344](https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/FitBit+Surge+Teardown/42344)
[https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-codes-to-know-ulc](https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-codes-to-know-ulc)
[https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-codes-to-know-ulc](https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-codes-to-know-ulc)
[o%09https:/krispitech.com/how-to-add-arrows-to-pictures](https://www.sweetstudy.com/questions/o%09https:/krispitech.com/how-to-add-arrows-to-pictures)
[o%09https:/www.techuntold.com/add-arrows-to-pictures](https://www.sweetstudy.com/questions/o%09https:/www.techuntold.com/add-arrows-to-pictures)
ECE 121-001
M2 – Lifecycle
Revision: 3
Revision Date: 3-Feb-2025
Considering the printed circuit boards (PCBs) in the FitBit surge:
5) What is one location (region and country) in the world where printed circuit boards
could be processed in a PCB recycling workshop if they enter the informal recycling
network?
• Use the research article related to e-waste that you have already reviewed for a
previous assignment in the course for help with this question.
6) What is one example of a government regulation (provide its complete name, no
abbreviations) referend in the course that impacts printed circuit boards? In your own
words, what is this regulation intended to do?
Considering the overall lifecycle of the FitBit surge:
7) What do you think the ethical problems related to the lifecycle of the FitBit surge are?
8) What IEEE code of ethic do you think is most relevant to this situation?
9) If more than one IEEE code of ethic is relevant, what do you think is the second most
relevant to this situation?
10) Why did you select these IEEE codes of ethics? What information helped in your
decision?
11) What additional information (if any) would be helpful to clarify what the ethical
problems of this situation are?
Considering either the Material Extraction phase OR End-of-Life phase of the
FitBit Surge Product Lifecycle:
12) Name all the groups of people that you think have a stake in this phase. That is, they
are either directly involved in making decisions or are impacted by decisions or actions at
this stage. Be sure to note which category (decision-maker or impacted) each of your
named groups of people belong to.
13) Name and describe at least 2 examples of harm that can occur at this phase. For each,
note the type of harm it is (using the definitions of harm that are in the course notes and
have been discussed in class). For each harm also name the group of people impacted.
Be clear, specific, and detailed in your answers.
14) Considering one of the harms you described in the previous question, what are 2
actions that you could take as a computer engineer on the project to reduce them? In
addition to the people who will be impacted by reducing each harm, what other groups of
people may be impacted by these action and how?
ECE 121-001
M2 – Lifecycle
Revision: 3
Revision Date: 3-Feb-2025
Recommendations:
15) From your review of the overall life-cycle of the FitBit surge what are details do you
think are most important to share with the executive team to help their future planning?
Be clear and specific with your answer using details from your answers to the previous
questions in this case study to support your recommendation.
**## YoungElectricalWork.docx**
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[FitBit Surge Teardown – iFixit](https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/FitBit+Surge+Teardown/42344)
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**## M2-L5Instructions.pdf**
ECE 121-001
M2 – Lifecycle
Revision: 3
Revision Date: 3-Feb-2025
Product Lifecycle
The vice president of sales at FitBit has asked you to help senior management in the company
learn about the complete lifecycle of the Fitbit Sense smart fitness device. Senior management
refers to the group of people who make decisions about the short and long-term goals of the
company and setting the vision of how to reach them.
You are a computer engineer on the product development team who contributes to the activities
that will support meeting those goals and vision. In your role as a computer engineer you helped
design the electronic sensors (e.g. measure heart rate, activity, and blood oxygen), designed the
printed circuit boards, and coordinated with another company to get them fabricated and
assembled.
During your work, you focused exclusively on the technical elements of the FitBit such as how
to pick the most accurate sensors, how to keep costs low, and how to choose the best materials to
prevent heat and electrical currents from transferring to a person wearing the device. During
your design work ,you referred to technical standards about the safe levels of electrical current
that can be transferred to the human body. But you did not look at any standards or regulations
related to fabrication or assembly of the FitBit. At other companies you previously worked the
mechanical engineers on the team typically did those tasks after you shared a design with them
(so you thought that would also happen here). Also, you felt a lot of pressure to move onto your
next project which was being promoted internally as critical to meeting sales goals for the
company (which can lead to financial bonuses for all the engineering teams).
Senior management needs a summary of the major stages of the product lifecycle of the FitBit
devices from mineral extraction to end of life. They have specifically asked for details of the
stakeholders, important regulations, guiding ethics, and potential for harm. They will use this
information to develop new short and long term goals for FitBit and necessary product revisions.
ECE 121-001
M2 – Lifecycle
Revision: 3
Revision Date: 3-Feb-2025
Instructions and Deliverables:
The following instructions and questions are to help guide you through preparing the requested
details. You will upload your answers to each of these questions on Blackboard. While you can
work with a partner to discuss each question, both partners must submit their own answers
written in their own words. For all short-answer questions you must use complete sentences
with appropriate language for the course. Spelling is important for all fill-in-the-blank style
questions, so pay careful attention when entering your answers to those style of questions.
1) To help you "remember" about your FitBit design you will need to review the
electrical components that are used in it. To start, navigate to the iFixit.com website:
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/FitBit+Surge+Teardown/42344
which has a tear-down of a Fitbit Surge. From this website, select an appropriate photo
that clearly shows the electrical components and printed circuit board.
• Save this figure to your computer. Using this saved figure, edit it to indicate and
label:
o One example of a resistor;
o One example of a capacitor;
o One example of an integrated circuit;
o The printed circuit board.
• To help you identify these on the photo, remember that the course notes have
details about what resistors, capacitors, integrated circuits look like.
• Additionally, the silkscreen text shown on PCBs can also help identify types of
components. Read the information about Reference Designators here to help:
o https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-
codes-to-know-ulc
• If you have never edited a photo before, review the following resources may help:
o https://krispitech.com/how-to-add-arrows-to-pictures/
o https://www.techuntold.com/add-arrows-to-pictures/
• After editing, save and upload your revised photo to Blackboard as the
submission for this question.
o iFixit licenses all their content under the under the Creative Commons
Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike license
(https://www.ifixit.com/Info/Licensing), which means we can use their
website photos for this non-commercial class project (but we need to make
sure to attribute them and add a link to iFixit.com).
Considering the capacitors in the FitBit surge:
2) What is the name of one conflict mineral referenced in the course notes that is
necessary to build capacitors?
3) What is the name of the country that produces the largest amount of this mineral?
4) What is one example of a government regulation referenced in the course that impacts
the minerals required for capacitors? In your own words, what is this regulation intended
to do?
[https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/FitBit+Surge+Teardown/42344](https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/FitBit+Surge+Teardown/42344)
[https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-codes-to-know-ulc](https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-codes-to-know-ulc)
[https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-codes-to-know-ulc](https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-codes-to-know-ulc)
[o%09https:/krispitech.com/how-to-add-arrows-to-pictures](https://www.sweetstudy.com/questions/o%09https:/krispitech.com/how-to-add-arrows-to-pictures)
[o%09https:/www.techuntold.com/add-arrows-to-pictures](https://www.sweetstudy.com/questions/o%09https:/www.techuntold.com/add-arrows-to-pictures)
ECE 121-001
M2 – Lifecycle
Revision: 3
Revision Date: 3-Feb-2025
Considering the printed circuit boards (PCBs) in the FitBit surge:
5) What is one location (region and country) in the world where printed circuit boards
could be processed in a PCB recycling workshop if they enter the informal recycling
network?
• Use the research article related to e-waste that you have already reviewed for a
previous assignment in the course for help with this question.
6) What is one example of a government regulation (provide its complete name, no
abbreviations) referend in the course that impacts printed circuit boards? In your own
words, what is this regulation intended to do?
Considering the overall lifecycle of the FitBit surge:
7) What do you think the ethical problems related to the lifecycle of the FitBit surge are?
8) What IEEE code of ethic do you think is most relevant to this situation?
9) If more than one IEEE code of ethic is relevant, what do you think is the second most
relevant to this situation?
10) Why did you select these IEEE codes of ethics? What information helped in your
decision?
11) What additional information (if any) would be helpful to clarify what the ethical
problems of this situation are?
Considering either the Material Extraction phase OR End-of-Life phase of the
FitBit Surge Product Lifecycle:
12) Name all the groups of people that you think have a stake in this phase. That is, they
are either directly involved in making decisions or are impacted by decisions or actions at
this stage. Be sure to note which category (decision-maker or impacted) each of your
named groups of people belong to.
13) Name and describe at least 2 examples of harm that can occur at this phase. For each,
note the type of harm it is (using the definitions of harm that are in the course notes and
have been discussed in class). For each harm also name the group of people impacted.
Be clear, specific, and detailed in your answers.
14) Considering one of the harms you described in the previous question, what are 2
actions that you could take as a computer engineer on the project to reduce them? In
addition to the people who will be impacted by reducing each harm, what other groups of
people may be impacted by these action and how?
ECE 121-001
M2 – Lifecycle
Revision: 3
Revision Date: 3-Feb-2025
Recommendations:
15) From your review of the overall life-cycle of the FitBit surge what are details do you
think are most important to share with the executive team to help their future planning?
Be clear and specific with your answer using details from your answers to the previous
questions in this case study to support your recommendation.
**## YoungElectricalWork.docx**
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[FitBit Surge Teardown – iFixit](https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/FitBit+Surge+Teardown/42344)
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**## M2-L5Instructions.pdf**
ECE 121-001
M2 – Lifecycle
Revision: 3
Revision Date: 3-Feb-2025
Product Lifecycle
The vice president of sales at FitBit has asked you to help senior management in the company
learn about the complete lifecycle of the Fitbit Sense smart fitness device. Senior management
refers to the group of people who make decisions about the short and long-term goals of the
company and setting the vision of how to reach them.
You are a computer engineer on the product development team who contributes to the activities
that will support meeting those goals and vision. In your role as a computer engineer you helped
design the electronic sensors (e.g. measure heart rate, activity, and blood oxygen), designed the
printed circuit boards, and coordinated with another company to get them fabricated and
assembled.
During your work, you focused exclusively on the technical elements of the FitBit such as how
to pick the most accurate sensors, how to keep costs low, and how to choose the best materials to
prevent heat and electrical currents from transferring to a person wearing the device. During
your design work ,you referred to technical standards about the safe levels of electrical current
that can be transferred to the human body. But you did not look at any standards or regulations
related to fabrication or assembly of the FitBit. At other companies you previously worked the
mechanical engineers on the team typically did those tasks after you shared a design with them
(so you thought that would also happen here). Also, you felt a lot of pressure to move onto your
next project which was being promoted internally as critical to meeting sales goals for the
company (which can lead to financial bonuses for all the engineering teams).
Senior management needs a summary of the major stages of the product lifecycle of the FitBit
devices from mineral extraction to end of life. They have specifically asked for details of the
stakeholders, important regulations, guiding ethics, and potential for harm. They will use this
information to develop new short and long term goals for FitBit and necessary product revisions.
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Instructions and Deliverables:
The following instructions and questions are to help guide you through preparing the requested
details. You will upload your answers to each of these questions on Blackboard. While you can
work with a partner to discuss each question, both partners must submit their own answers
written in their own words. For all short-answer questions you must use complete sentences
with appropriate language for the course. Spelling is important for all fill-in-the-blank style
questions, so pay careful attention when entering your answers to those style of questions.
1) To help you "remember" about your FitBit design you will need to review the
electrical components that are used in it. To start, navigate to the iFixit.com website:
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/FitBit+Surge+Teardown/42344
which has a tear-down of a Fitbit Surge. From this website, select an appropriate photo
that clearly shows the electrical components and printed circuit board.
• Save this figure to your computer. Using this saved figure, edit it to indicate and
label:
o One example of a resistor;
o One example of a capacitor;
o One example of an integrated circuit;
o The printed circuit board.
• To help you identify these on the photo, remember that the course notes have
details about what resistors, capacitors, integrated circuits look like.
• Additionally, the silkscreen text shown on PCBs can also help identify types of
components. Read the information about Reference Designators here to help:
o https://www.ultralibrarian.com/2021/05/25/common-pcb-component-
codes-to-know-ulc
• If you have never edited a photo before, review the following resources may help:
o https://krispitech.com/how-to-add-arrows-to-pictures/
o https://www.techuntold.com/add-arrows-to-pictures/
• After editing, save and upload your revised photo to Blackboard as the
submission for this question.
o iFixit licenses all their content under the under the Creative Commons
Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike license
(https://www.ifixit.com/Info/Licensing), which means we can use their
website photos for this non-commercial class project (but we need to make
sure to attribute them and add a link to iFixit.com).
Considering the capacitors in the FitBit surge:
2) What is the name of one conflict mineral referenced in the course notes that is
necessary to build capacitors?
3) What is the name of the country that produces the largest amount of this mineral?
4) What is one example of a government regulation referenced in the course that impacts
the minerals required for capacitors? In your own words, what is this regulation intended
to do?
[https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/FitBit+Surge+Teardown/42344](https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/FitBit+Surge+Teardown/42344)
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Considering the printed circuit boards (PCBs) in the FitBit surge:
5) What is one location (region and country) in the world where printed circuit boards
could be processed in a PCB recycling workshop if they enter the informal recycling
network?
• Use the research article related to e-waste that you have already reviewed for a
previous assignment in the course for help with this question.
6) What is one example of a government regulation (provide its complete name, no
abbreviations) referend in the course that impacts printed circuit boards? In your own
words, what is this regulation intended to do?
Considering the overall lifecycle of the FitBit surge:
7) What do you think the ethical problems related to the lifecycle of the FitBit surge are?
8) What IEEE code of ethic do you think is most relevant to this situation?
9) If more than one IEEE code of ethic is relevant, what do you think is the second most
relevant to this situation?
10) Why did you select these IEEE codes of ethics? What information helped in your
decision?
11) What additional information (if any) would be helpful to clarify what the ethical
problems of this situation are?
Considering either the Material Extraction phase OR End-of-Life phase of the
FitBit Surge Product Lifecycle:
12) Name all the groups of people that you think have a stake in this phase. That is, they
are either directly involved in making decisions or are impacted by decisions or actions at
this stage. Be sure to note which category (decision-maker or impacted) each of your
named groups of people belong to.
13) Name and describe at least 2 examples of harm that can occur at this phase. For each,
note the type of harm it is (using the definitions of harm that are in the course notes and
have been discussed in class). For each harm also name the group of people impacted.
Be clear, specific, and detailed in your answers.
14) Considering one of the harms you described in the previous question, what are 2
actions that you could take as a computer engineer on the project to reduce them? In
addition to the people who will be impacted by reducing each harm, what other groups of
people may be impacted by these action and how?
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Recommendations:
15) From your review of the overall life-cycle of the FitBit surge what are details do you
think are most important to share with the executive team to help their future planning?
Be clear and specific with your answer using details from your answers to the previous
questions in this case study to support your recommendation.