11/13/2013 Group Meeting Update

Today our whole group met up for about an hour and a half to touch base on the progress of our project and to outline our course of action over the next few weeks.


Materials we have:

• 9V battery
• Relay
• Photocell
• 2N2222A transistor
• Diode
• 1k and 10k resistors
• Recording module

Materials we need (and are in the process of shipping):

• Motor shield
• Ultrasonic sensor

Photos of the RC car and the various other supplies we will be using are shown below.

 

 

 

 




During our meeting, we discussed what we needed to do in terms of making the circuit, coding, and designing parts using Solidworks to later be 3D printed. We split up the work, with Erek and Jeannie mainly working on design and Tyler and Kari-Ann working on coding the circuit as well as gathering the supplies in order to do so.

For the circuit that we are using in our project, we are planning on using a photosensor that signals for the circuit to start running when it detects light, and an ultrasonic sensor so the RC car can detect when its getting to close to a wall.

For our Solidworks design, we are (tentatively) going to be designing supports and a platform in which to hold all of the circuit components. Preliminary sketches of our designs are also shown below. By next week, we would like to have the part drawings created using Solidworks as well as a code containing all the various components that we need in it.


A video of a few of the sensors working and our preliminary sketches will be posted soon!