This week I worked on fabricating more poker chips using the copper tape rather than aluminum foil. When stacked the chips add up to their parallel resistance value accurately, which allows accurate monetary value totaling. In addition I worked with Chris on testing the dealing and shuffling capabilities of the DC and servo motors. The dealer works very well, but some adjustment is necessary for the shuffler because of the low torque of the high speed motors. Possible improvements could be adjusting the angle of the shuffler trays, widening the card gap which prevents the motor from throwing cards outside of the dealer tray, or adding another motor to help start the card movement.
This coming week I will fabricate contacts for the chips which will allow their resistance to be communicated to the central computer and embedded devices. I will also work on putting together the shuffler and dealer and making any design tweaks that are necessary.