Personal Accomplishments:
- Lab Meetings (4 hrs):
- Attended section’s Design review presentations and gave constructive feedback
- Team Meetings (6 hrs):
- Wrote the design review slides and finalized details for MVP
- Research (2 hrs):
- Looked into PWM through Arduino and found scripts to output PWM to the input pins of the h-bridge
- Worked on a simple LED circuit to showcase PWM and the ability to raise and lower the duty cycle for the LED
Progress:
Behind Schedule – We need to change our CAD design for the carrier and track and have not made as much progress regarding propulsion. This week we worked with a cardboard prototype to see the feasibility of levitation and achieved a levitation of over an inch. We will be doing the CAD development of the track and carrier in parallel with the H-Bridge circuit.
Next Week Deliverables:
- redesign track and carrier with connection grooves for increased stability
- Implement PWM for the input pins on the H-Bridge to create the propulsion force