This week’s accomplishments
- Attended mandatory labs
- To account for a drifting issue with the scale, added an automatic taring feature
- Created slides for the final presentation
- specifically, slides that corelated to the tests performed
- Troubleshot the pump circuit for over 12 hours. The issue was with amount of voltage supplied to the circuit. Although this was a simple solution, there were several red herrings that lead to the long troubleshooting process. Ultimately, to solve this issue, we:
- Consulted with 5 different individuals
- Ran a plethora of troubleshooting tests
- Ordered several sets of MOSFETS
- Continually swapped out components
- Tweaked and rebuilt the circuit several times
Next weeks plan
- Perform the necessary tests for the pump and heater
- Integrate all of the components together into one working project.
- Finalize the slides for final presentation
Status Report: On schedule