Wednesday, March 11, 2020
timothy chan - PM - 1.5 hrs - open lab
today for open lab i worked on the dogtreat project. we worked on adjusting the 3d model of the dispenser and decided to make the hole bigger for the spinning part of the inside of the project. we used a tool to sand down the inside of the spinning part and then we are going to see if the small hole works better or the big one. Then we decided to make the can taller so it could be more practical and created a extention to the thing and we are going to print it the next time we are doing this.
Cindy - PM - 1.5 HRS - Air Pollution Sensor & Solar Energy Plant Research
Today in open lab, I worked on the Air Pollution Sensor. I ran combined.py on the sensor and waited for a few minutes for it to collect data. While it was running, I did research on solar panels. I learned that PV cells absorb the sunlight and convert it to DC electricity. Inverters then transform the DC electricity to AC electricity. After a few minutes, I stopped running the combined.py. I wanted to created a new text file where the data from gas.py can be transferred into. However, I had trouble creating the file. Next time in open lab, I plan on creating the text file.
Kyle Todd - PM - 1 Hour 30 Min - Finding Code for Servo Motor
I am continuing to search for a proper code to work the servo motor via Raspberry Pi. I did find another code on one of the tutorial websites on this code but for some reason It doesn't work as it didn't move the servo whatsoever so I'm going to have to dig deeper later on with my partner Joshua.
Maya-PM-1.5 Hours-Skittles
So we got the thing working again and we tested with skittles how many would come through.
We used a Dremel to make the hole bigger and that helped, so now we have to print the other pieces. Since its been months and months and months, our next steps are now to print the upper food holding units, instead of making it bigger, we are going to make it taller, so those pieces are printing maybe. We need to make a storage for the actual computer and lock in the IP address of the ESP, and then Angel is in charge of making the site look nicer.
We used a Dremel to make the hole bigger and that helped, so now we have to print the other pieces. Since its been months and months and months, our next steps are now to print the upper food holding units, instead of making it bigger, we are going to make it taller, so those pieces are printing maybe. We need to make a storage for the actual computer and lock in the IP address of the ESP, and then Angel is in charge of making the site look nicer.
Lupe Castillo-PM-1hr 30min-Open Lab:New and improved!
I spent the whole time working on a new claw for the robot.
https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5529554541335319491#allposts
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Connor Guzikowski AM 45 minutes
Today all I worked on was some coding lessons. I need to get some wire for my robot club project before I can continue working on it, and I will probably do that over the weekend. For my coding lessons I worked on creating dictionaries and how to use them in Python. I was thinking of different ways that dictionaries can be created and applied to. I think they're a pretty useful way of storing data and connecting it to a value.
Michelle - AM - 1 hour- Next steps
In the beginning, I wanted to shorten the base to minimize the mass. Then when I was talking to Mr. Burnham, I really just wanted a small base to be like the other robots that were in the videos in SkillsUSA for state between college. I decided to just change the arm, claw, and camera holder. I've started designing the arm that use a hydrolysis or linear like system to pull in or out the length of the claw. Next class
Christopher - AM - 1 Hour - Resolved Some Connection Issues
Urban Search and Rescue: Resolved Some Connection Issues
Openlab-AM-1 hour-Hydrocars-Rikzin Schultens
Today we worked on getting the wheels mounted to the frame. Unfortunately, we were unable to get it to stay on due to the fact that we didn't have lock nuts that could fit on the tip of the axel. The nuts we were provided with, seemed to be one size too small, luckily we found a nut that was the correct size. The nut we found fit, however, we only had one and it isn't a lock nut so even if we did have two there would be no point since it would have just fallen off if we were to drive it. We gave the nut to Mr.Burnham to go to Home Depot so that he will be able to find lock nuts of the same size. Next open lab we hope to have new lock nuts to put on the car and mount the wheels.
AM - Stephanie Tran - Hydrocar (1hr)
What we did
- We started to tape and paint the new car case
Problems we had
- the paint is see through and it takes a long time to dry for a second layer
What we plan to do
- we will paint the second black layer then start taping the doors so we can paint it --> this can take a while bc we plan to make a fire design
- We started to tape and paint the new car case
Problems we had
- the paint is see through and it takes a long time to dry for a second layer
What we plan to do
- we will paint the second black layer then start taping the doors so we can paint it --> this can take a while bc we plan to make a fire design
Dylan AM 3/11 60 minutes hydrogen car
What was my Goal for today?
- Get nuts that fit the front wheel
How well did I achieve that?
- Not well
- Wheels were on with one nut, but no nylon lock means it won't work for driving
What problems did I face?
- nuts are too small
What I'm doing next
- growing bigger nuts
Open lab - Brandon Smith - 1 hour - AM - march 11
I finished the horizontal stabilizers, made plans for the fuselage, and started rough shaping of the individual parts.
Austin Latour AM 40mins open lab
Today for 40 minutes I continued to work on the Python code for the perforator. I am still having trouble defining all of the variables that this program has to have. I am still kind of confused on how to get it to write to a new file.
Emmanuel G - Open Lab
Our goal today was to go take our project to the welding shop to go get the wheel part welded on
Our next thing to do is start designing the other wheel and get the right measurement as well as figure out how we can incorporate stall current into our car.
Our next thing to do is start designing the other wheel and get the right measurement as well as figure out how we can incorporate stall current into our car.
Open Lab
For open lab I took our model cutout to the Welding class and then started learning how to measure Stall current.
Monday, March 9, 2020
Dylan AM 3/6 40+ minutes HydroCar
What was my Goal for today?
- Getting wheels on
- Getting the electronics working
- The car drives backwards
- Massing the hydro stiks
How well did I achieve that?
- no wheels
- car works
What problems did I face?
- We don't have the nuts for the wheels
- I really don't want to do the hydro stiks
- It is tedious
- but
- it needs to be done
What I'm doing next
- getting wheels
Friday, March 6, 2020
Maya-PM-2HOurs-OUR BIGGEST SUCCESS
After 7 months of continuous failures, we were able to finally get success by using the espWroom32 as the computer instead of the Arduino or the raspberry pi. We finished using the websites-
https://randomnerdtutorials.com/installing-the-esp32-board-in-arduino-ide-windows-instructions/
and we also used the built-in example that makes a website that turns on and off an LED and modified its actions using Mr Burnham's code. It can connect to the wifi and host everything, and so now Angel is in charge of maybe making it look nice. We also started 2 prints.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Maya-PM-
https://randomnerdtutorials.com/installing-the-esp32-board-in-arduino-ide-windows-instructions
I followed the above website on trying to just set up my computer to be able to code to the ESP32. Then it had me test if it could scan for wifi, which it successfully did. NOw that it can do that, I looked up the pins on the board.
https://circuits4you.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ESP32-Pinout.jpg
I also used this:
https://www.megunolink.com/articles/wireless/how-do-i-connect-to-a-wireless-network-with-the-esp32/
But I couldn't find the libraries that it wanted me to use, so I have to look those up. In theory, the Arduino code can work now with much less editing because it's the same language, but we now need to connect it to wifi and a website, so I looked up this:
https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp32-web-server-arduino-ide/
and didn't start it, but now I can next class.
I followed the above website on trying to just set up my computer to be able to code to the ESP32. Then it had me test if it could scan for wifi, which it successfully did. NOw that it can do that, I looked up the pins on the board.
https://circuits4you.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ESP32-Pinout.jpg
I also used this:
https://www.megunolink.com/articles/wireless/how-do-i-connect-to-a-wireless-network-with-the-esp32/
But I couldn't find the libraries that it wanted me to use, so I have to look those up. In theory, the Arduino code can work now with much less editing because it's the same language, but we now need to connect it to wifi and a website, so I looked up this:
https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp32-web-server-arduino-ide/
and didn't start it, but now I can next class.
Open Lab - Brandon Smith - AM 1 hour
I hand sanded the horizontal stabilizers and had a talk with the visiting teacher student Analog electronics engineer guy, and he talked to me about analysis vs testing, and how I was being inefficient by trying to optimize before I even started testing.
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