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.

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.

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. 

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.

Angel V - PM - Open Lab - 1 hour

Today on open lab, I worked o the dog food dispenser with my group. I was given the task to look for the code and so we did found one. Though it was not good and Maya had to step in and figure out the code for the arduino herself. We couldn't figure much out and so we drooped it. So now we got the code for and I will have to see for myself if the code would work.

Maya -1 Hour-PM- Dog Food Project

So we tried to write some Arduino code because Mr. Burnham didn't know where his code was but we didn't know how to do the wires and control the way he had because that was what we were studying. We also tried to just fit the key onto the bowl and spin it, but it just kept falling off or titling, meaning we had to redo the key or make it one piece, which isn't really practical to print. So now we have to make the model different again. We did another remodel labeled dog food project and dog food project 2 so once those are printed we can continue. As for the code, Mr. Burnham found it after searching for an hour, so we can hopefully talk to Randy about the new microcontroller on Monday or Tuesday, and have a functioning scaled model for the first time.

Jim Burnham - Dog Treat

Here is the Stepper motor code for an Arduino for the TB6000 Stepper Controller
https://github.com/jimTheSTEAMClown/arduinoCode/blob/master/Stepper-TB6000-Test.ino

timothy chan - PM - 1 hour - open lab dogtreat

today for open lab i worked on the dog food dispenser project. we pulled out the motor and the motor controller and started to get the code on the arduino. we had to ask mr burnham to get the code that he had for the motor so we had to wait a bit. we fixed up the pieces to make the key fit into the spinning piece. then we had some extra time of waiting so we did more of theai project.