Testing your prototype

With the code explanations done and errors resolved, it’s important to test your prototype for how it works. This includes asking others to try it. We’ve been testing it as we added components, and tried code, and if we look at the model presented in Chapter 8, Learning How to Prototype and Make Electronics Wearable, it will probably sit between an implementation and role prototype. We have worked on the implementation and when we test the function, that will help us see how the role of the prototype might be iterated. We could plot our prototype back on the model from Houde and Hill. Figure 12.21 shows how it might be situated:

Figure 12.21 – Where our prototype sits on the Houde and Hill model

To better understand how the prototype works, test it with someone who hasn’t seen or used it. Explain your concept and watch them use it. Do they understand it?

Some observations

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