I feel pretty accomplished about this week. I spent a good amount of time testing the motors and have determined that they are fast enough to meet our requirements. Tomorrow I will dedicate time to proving that they are precise enough to meet our requirements and put together some control Read more…
This week I focused on the motor manager file which turns the tracking data into motor commands and manages everything having to do with the motors. This is almost done. I need to finish a few things and do some testing. The one thing I am not totally certain about Read more…
I think the demo this week went fairly well. Bolaji made me realize that my current design for the PCB is fairly inefficient. It burns at least 26W of power unnecessarily. I’ll be exploring other options for something more efficient. The mechanical aspect of the project are coming along though. Read more…
This week I have gotten back on track with making progress on this project. I have 3D printed the dynamic components(image included) of this project and will be measuring the signal delay of the motors before the update on Wednesday. I have also began designing the battery manager and servo Read more…
This week I focused on the moving mechanical part. I was able to find a pan and tilt system that fits our chosen motors and should be able to meet our requirements. I will be 3D printing and testing it over the course of the next week to prove the Read more…
This week was hell. But I go through it. I returned to Pittsburgh to move out and got all of the parts that I ordered from the mail room. I packed my 3D printer and various tools I knew I would need to complete this project. I also borrowed a Read more…
Before leaving for the break I ordered all of the electronics components needed for this project. To my knowledge they have Arrived and are on campus. What I do not know is if I can pick them up. I will be attempting to do this during Monday-Tuesday of this week Read more…
This week I mostly focused on component selection. I’ve selected all of parts we will need and have an idea of what all of the hardware work is going to look like moving forward. I think the majority of the electronics work is going to be with the battery management Read more…
This week I worked on a preliminary model for the project. This gave us an idea of what it would look like and how we would be making it. We will be using a combination of 3D printing and laser cutting to make all of the parts we cannot purchase. Read more…
Electronics System Diagram: Jetson Nano: This $99 SBC will allow us to collect images from the camera, run computer vision code and control the motors. The reason we are using a Jetson Nano is because it gives us enough computing power to process the images fast enough to smoothly track Read more…