Home Work :

This week, we have to develop a plan for dissemination of your final project Because I've got some big issue with the electronic of my project, but here are a good overview .

What is the FunGun :

It's a laser tag for playing outside , with a range of 30m under the sun. Concretly , it's a fake gun with IR emisor , with some IR sensor to detect when a player of the opposite team has "wounded" you.

The idea is to build an educativ DIY kit , for kids and teenagers.

What are the goals :

I will not describe here the benefit of playing laser tag, they are quit obvious : fun, team spirit, promote strategy and orientation skills.

There are 2 main goals :

• put the kids back in the garden, playing a game they will enjoy ! They will love it because this is the same idea than the online games they are playing like Call of Duty , but runing , hiding , climbing ... In the other side , parents don't know how to disconnect their kids from theirs screen games, and play outside : laser tag is a garantee of success.
• educate the kids about code, electronic and 3D printiing . Make them realize that they can make almost anything, Moove from a consumer attitude to a maker one.

The second one is the real one ! The first one is the result of searching a project who could really motivate either parents and kids , because motivation is the keypoint for learning.

Who will "buy" it :

Well the good thing here is everybody could probably found an interest to promote making a FunGun :

• a) the kids for the game itself, and the pleasure to build something so complex
• b) the parents for having kids back to outdoor games , and for the educational purpose
• c) educators for 3 areas they can touch with a FunGun project in a class : learning by doing .

Dissemination :

To promote the FunGun project , we want to make it opensource. A common part of the dissemination plan is a website explaining all the step to build a FunGun, including :

• tutorials ( a lot of work , but we should be able to have help of the educator ' comunity)
• files for the board ( eagle and .png )
• code
• 3D file for the body
• bill of material

Is it sufficient ? obviously not, there are already many lasertag DIY projects. But many educators have no idea how to deal with to have a PCB board, don't have a welder, neither a 3D printing machine. And this more true for parents and kids.

So we need to make it simple , like Arduino do with his board : we need a turnkey solution.

Turnkey package :

Because making the electronic part could be a blocking point ( welding equipment , making the board ..) we probably should propose an arduino version using a sparkfun IR emisor board : this would allow to have a version focused more in the 3D and code aspect.

Back to the current not-arduino version , we would have the following bundle :

• Full pack :
  • Body 3D printed , PCB Board with component mounted , lens , sensor dome, cables. Bootcode loaded in the Atmel.
  • To be done : ; assemble all the parts , and upload the code.


• 3D pack :
  • PCB Board with component mounted , lens , sensor dome, cables. Bootcode loaded in the Atmel.
  • To be done : task of the previous bundle + design or download the body, and print it


• Expert pack :
  • PCB Board , components not mounted, lens , sensor dome, cables.
  • To be done : task of the previous bundle + welding. ( is there an easy way to load previously the bootcode in the Atmel ??)


• Maker pack :
  • Lens , sensor dome
  • To be done : same of the previous bundle + making PCB board, + making cables
  • This package is perfect for makers : you'll be abble to buy directly the components from a direct link to Mouser or Digikey with the corect bill of material.


• Edu pack :
  • Classroom bundle of 20 units
  • this for educational purpose, like FabKids, Smmer Camp, or school course.
  • depending of the skills and machinery available, the bundle will be a mix of the 4 previous ones.

Distribution channel :

We'll focus in direct online channel only :

• via direct sales (ebay, in house online store)
• via marketplace ( amazon , CDiscount )

We could eventually provide some third online store , but specialised in education or outdoor activties.