Week 7 Solidwork drawing

Since we have decided to make a battery mount on the bogie, I have made a drawing in Solidwork. Here is a snapshot of what I made last week. There is a hole on each layer for cable management. 4 holes for bolting it on to the bogie. The model meets what we need for our control system. I will keep working on it to make a better design.

Week 6 Electronics Compartment

After the meeting today with Solar team, we decided to have a battery on the bogie instead of having cables from the charger controller. We decided to use 12V lead-acid batteries to power our control system. Thus, we need a small box for the Arduino and a battery mount on the bogie. I already have an idea of how is the mount going to look on the bogie. I am going to start some 3D drawings on Solidwork this week and find to best fit for our bogie.

Week 5 Presentation 1

We have presented our idea today. We gave everyone a quick update of our project and a brief idea of what we are going do next. I have included the slides on this blog. Enjoy!

Week 4 First round of Presentation 1

Today is the first round of Presentation 1. We have finished our slide for our presentation but we didn't have a chance to present today. Other teams have shown their progress and plan for this semester. I am excited to see the final product of every team. It will look great after we combine our prototype together and show it during Maker Faire.

Week 3 Preparation for the first presentation

Since next week is our first presentation, we have started the powerpoint slides. We have finalized our bill of materials since we only need to purchase the motor and motor controller. We have included the rapid prototype of our control system in our slide to give the class an idea of how our system works. Here are the schematics of the control unit and motherboard unit.

Week 2 1/31 light presentation

Today we had a lighting presentation about what we have done over the winter break. We gave a brief overview of the tasks that we have accomplished and what are going to do next. We are planning to replace parts from the rapid prototype with a bigger motor and a corresponding motor driver. It will have enough torque and power to drive the bogie back and forth.

Week 1 Spring 2018 semester begins!!

Spring 2018 semester officially began today! This is my last semester at San Jose State University and I am excited about this upcoming semester and graduation. In this semester, we are entering the manufacturing phase which means we need to purchase parts and put every piece together for Maker Faire. We need to purchase a motor and a motor controller to give the correct voltage output for the control system. It will transform our rapid prototype to the actual operational prototype. We have already picked on a brushless motor and a motor controller online. After the budget gets approved, we can order the parts and start doing testing when they arrive.