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Timeline
Week 1
The first week comprised mostly ideation, brainstorming, and building some early prototypes to test our original designs. We did not set many firm designs or a solid strategy for scoring yet.
Monday, Feb 16: Design & brainstorming meeting
Tuesday, Feb 17: In-class design review, ideation/planning meeting, prototyping early shooter mechanisms
Wednesday, Feb 18: Home Depot run for hardware, work on IR ranging
Friday, Feb 20: Meet at Room 36 for prototyping, old final reports dissected for useful information
Saturday, Feb 21: First version of drive train laser cut and assembled
Week 2
During the 2nd week we began to delve more into the electronics side (receiving & processing IR signals), and made more iterations of our drive train & general bot layout. We decided to implement fly wheels for shooting and found a motor/wheel setup that could work.
Sunday, Feb 22: Design loft meeting (review early designs)
Monday, Feb 23: First iteration of complete IR circuit built and tested, state machine coded in Arduino
Tuesday, Feb 24: 2nd drive train iteration laser cut and assembled
Wednesday, Feb 25: Meet with coach (discuss electronic design & strategy)
Thursday, Feb 24: Arduino code updated to most recent strategy, first fly wheel version tested
Friday, Feb 27: IR circuit modifications made, IR circuit reassembled & tested on 3kHz beacon, bumper & drive train maneuvering tested
Week 3
The third week was crunch time. We settled on a final version of the IR circuit, finally had a mechanical layout that would get us to check-off, and worked on integrating everything with the software.
Sunday, March 1: Final version of drive train laser cut and assembled, 2nd version of fly wheel created and tested on 2-point hoop
Monday, March 2: Fly wheel setup tested, servo motor integrated with software for ball-feeding to fly wheel, power circuit created
Tuesday, March 3: All-nighter spent rebuilding mechanical aspects of bot/changing drive train motors/mounting electronics/troubleshooting code
Wednesday, March 4: Check-off completed (8 of 15 shots made on the 2 point hoop in two minutes)
Week 4
The final week we spent preparing the final report.
Monday, March 8: Public presentation & competition
Wednesday, March 10: Report materials prepared
Thursday, March 11: Report electronics documentation and schematics updated, mechanical aspects
Friday, March 12: Final report submitted
The first week comprised mostly ideation, brainstorming, and building some early prototypes to test our original designs. We did not set many firm designs or a solid strategy for scoring yet.
Monday, Feb 16: Design & brainstorming meeting
Tuesday, Feb 17: In-class design review, ideation/planning meeting, prototyping early shooter mechanisms
Wednesday, Feb 18: Home Depot run for hardware, work on IR ranging
Friday, Feb 20: Meet at Room 36 for prototyping, old final reports dissected for useful information
Saturday, Feb 21: First version of drive train laser cut and assembled
Week 2
During the 2nd week we began to delve more into the electronics side (receiving & processing IR signals), and made more iterations of our drive train & general bot layout. We decided to implement fly wheels for shooting and found a motor/wheel setup that could work.
Sunday, Feb 22: Design loft meeting (review early designs)
Monday, Feb 23: First iteration of complete IR circuit built and tested, state machine coded in Arduino
Tuesday, Feb 24: 2nd drive train iteration laser cut and assembled
Wednesday, Feb 25: Meet with coach (discuss electronic design & strategy)
Thursday, Feb 24: Arduino code updated to most recent strategy, first fly wheel version tested
Friday, Feb 27: IR circuit modifications made, IR circuit reassembled & tested on 3kHz beacon, bumper & drive train maneuvering tested
Week 3
The third week was crunch time. We settled on a final version of the IR circuit, finally had a mechanical layout that would get us to check-off, and worked on integrating everything with the software.
Sunday, March 1: Final version of drive train laser cut and assembled, 2nd version of fly wheel created and tested on 2-point hoop
Monday, March 2: Fly wheel setup tested, servo motor integrated with software for ball-feeding to fly wheel, power circuit created
Tuesday, March 3: All-nighter spent rebuilding mechanical aspects of bot/changing drive train motors/mounting electronics/troubleshooting code
Wednesday, March 4: Check-off completed (8 of 15 shots made on the 2 point hoop in two minutes)
Week 4
The final week we spent preparing the final report.
Monday, March 8: Public presentation & competition
Wednesday, March 10: Report materials prepared
Thursday, March 11: Report electronics documentation and schematics updated, mechanical aspects
Friday, March 12: Final report submitted