Justin’s Status Reports

This last week I finished resoldering everything to make the final cool cue system. I also made adjustments to the Arduino code to better update the direction of the pool cue. Now it should be more accurate and also more accurately detect when a shot …

Over the past week I made some updates to the soldering. I realized that the wires I used were too stiff, so any pressure on them would cause the solder to snap off instead of bending the wires. So I spent time desoldering them and …

This week I spent most of my time on assembling the components to be put on the pool cue. This meant I had to take apart my microcontrollers and reassemble them by soldering the wires back together. I also spent time on integration, writing a …

This week I finished work on the Radio transceivers. I also started working on attaching the microcontrollers to the cue stick, as well as making them more stable. Before this week, I simply wrapped the wires together, which means they could slip apart. Now I …

This week I did not make much progress. Thanks to the ideas of my teammates I have a plan for when to implement switches between sending and receiving data on the Arduinos. Currently, I am slightly behind on my progress as we plan to start …

This week I spent most of my time working on the Ethics assignment. I also had less time to work than usual because I was away for Spring break. I was able to get started working on the Radio transceivers, and have set them up …

These past two weeks, I spent most of my time working on the design report. Afterwards, I spent time creating outlines for the radio transceiver code. Unfortunately, I currently only have access to one Arduino, so I was unable to test my work. My progress …

This week I received my microcontroller and sensors, and was able to start making progress integrating them together. I have first started with the accelerometer/compass, and trying to get data read from that. I can get the data from a controller to my computer, but …

This week I continued doing research for which parts I should order. My main focus was in whether or not to use a RPi instead of an Arduino. The main tradeoff is between price and ease-of-use. Many of the sensors I am planning to use …

This week I did our Proposal Presentation. In preparation for this I also did research on what the required specs for our camera and projector would be. I also did research on possible sensors for our pool cue. After the presentation, . When the order …