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Designing Control Panels for Appliances

The document discusses the design of control panels for domestic appliances. It begins by stating the aim, prerequisites, and expected outcomes of designing a control panel. The theory section then defines control panels and user interfaces, and discusses the various elements that make up control panels. It notes that control panel design must simplify complex tasks for easy use by a wide audience. The document also classifies different types of control panel elements and provides examples. It emphasizes that control panel design is a technically and creatively challenging process that aims for efficient and aesthetically pleasing human-product interaction.

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Designing Control Panels for Appliances

The document discusses the design of control panels for domestic appliances. It begins by stating the aim, prerequisites, and expected outcomes of designing a control panel. The theory section then defines control panels and user interfaces, and discusses the various elements that make up control panels. It notes that control panel design must simplify complex tasks for easy use by a wide audience. The document also classifies different types of control panel elements and provides examples. It emphasizes that control panel design is a technically and creatively challenging process that aims for efficient and aesthetically pleasing human-product interaction.

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SUB: HCI Programme: MBA TECH CS

Sem: 5th Year:2020-21


Lab - 08

PART A
(TO BE REFFERED BY STUDENTS)

A.1 AIM: Designing of Control Panel of Domestic Appliances .


A.2 PREREQUISITE
Screen design and layout ,Universal design concept,
A.3 OUTCOME

 You will know the funcational, usability and aesthetic requirements for a
control panel design.
 You will understand the design guidelines to be followed for desinging a
control panel.
 You will be able to create and analyse a prototype of TV remote control
panel.
THEORY:

Parts of a product that user interacts with to perform a task constitutes


the user interface (UI). A systematic and effective arrangement of user
controls and displays of a product makes the control panel. Control panel
can also be used to configure product’s internal features.

 
Control panel of electronic equipment comprises of elements like LEDs,
displays, lamps, switches, meters, push buttons, dial knobs, fuses,
printed instructions, labels, name plate etc. In software products the
graphical user interface (GUI) forms the control panel.
The interaction between user and control panel elements need not always
be physical. Panel elements like visual displays and audio signals also
form a part of user interaction and communication. This applies in case of
airplane where entire cockpit constitutes the control panel environment.
Cockpit control panel design (both aircraft and space craft) is most
challenging design tasks.
Consumer products too have control panel or interface. The interface
designer of a domestic appliance needs to simplify operations to perform
complex tasks. This can make wide spectrum of users use the domestic
appliance with ease without much technical knowhow about the product
itself. A microwave oven needs careful design of its controls. Any
confusion in its operation can result in serious accidents. The buttons on
the keypad of a TV remote control, mobile phone or a portable music
player are so small that they are difficult to use or are not used eventually
by the users.
Therefore designing of control panel is a creative but technically
demanding effort that aims at efficient and aesthetically satisfying human
product interaction.
Control panel elements are classified into following categories :
1. Activation : for activating a operation e.g. switches, push buttons
2. Discrete : for setting fixed operational values or inputs e.g. a rotary
dial
3. Continuous: for varying continues values e.g. dials , slider switches ,
volume knob
4. Rapid : for inputing data rapidly e.g. data entry buttons on a keyboard

PART B
(PART B: TO BE COMPLETED BY STUDENTS)
Roll No:B248 Name:Saket Singh
Class :Btech Batch : Cs
Date of Experiment: Date of Submission
Grade :

Instructios:
GO TO THE web page https://hci-iitg.vlabs.ac.in/control.html read the procedures and design
washing machine control panel.
B.1 screen shots :

B.2. Observations and learning:


Control panel elements are classified into following categories :
1. Activation : for activating a operation e.g. switches, push buttons
2. Discrete : for setting fixed operational values or inputs e.g. a rotary dia
3. Continuous: for varying continues values e.g. dials , slider switches , volume
knob
4. Rapid : for inputing data rapidly e.g. data entry buttons on a keyboard
B.3. Conclusion:
(Students must write the conclusion as per the attainment of individual outcome
listed above and learning/observation noted in section B.2)
Control panel should be neat, user-friendly and unambiguous.
Post lab

1. Which one of the remote controllers shown below is better? A or B?


Why?
 

 A, because buttons are accessible using one hand and with only
haptics we can use remote.
2. What is the main problem in the control panel shown below?
 

Redundant labelling make it less user friendly and ambiguous.

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