Personal Accomplishment:
Mandatory Lab (4 hrs)
- Listened and gave feedback for each group’s final presentation
Team Meeting (8 hrs)
- Combining each subsystem together
- Look into alternative solutions for flaws found when combining systems together
Progress:
Since we were limited to still one portion of the track and waiting for the other portions of the track to be printed, we tested where the coil produced the most distance for propelling the carrier across the track while producing a smooth transition. I found that a little bit past the middle of the coil is where the coil produces a strong and smooth magnetic propulsion where the carrier doesn’t do a nose dive into the track. While combining these subsystems together, I realized that the carrier couldn’t pass over the coil since, at first, we anticipated 1 inch of levitation, but now that the carrier has more weight, especially with a battery and breadboard, we are at around 0.5 inches of levitation, which is shorter than the height of the coil spool. This is an issue for now since that means we can’t produce a smooth propulsion for the carrier over the track. So, with that issue existing, I worked with Angel and provided measurements of our current spool in order to produce a shorter spool to allow the carrier to pass over the coil properly. The print of the coil is finished now, and I have to remove the support from the print and then bring it into our next group meeting in order to put this together. Now that we have a new spool print, I have to create a new spool key that can attach to the new spool so that I can add the spool to a power drill in order to produce a new coil in such little time that can achieve tighter turns than creating the coil by hand.
Schedule:
We are on schedule