The week before spring break, I worked on the design report alongside the rest of the team. We also ordered the parts necessary for the initial build of our project. We anticipated a week lead time, so the products should be in ECE inventory by the start of the coming week. My goal for the week is to work on getting the Arduino to communicate with the motor driver, and get the yellow jacket motor spinning. In the product description, we found a tutorial for interfacing the motor driver with the Arduino, so I don’t anticipate any hiccups in this process. If time permits, I may also try to get the Arduino to communicate with the goBILDA servo that we purchased. In addition, we plan to start and finish building the base mechanical belt structure over the course of the week.
Carnegie Mellon ECE Capstone, Spring 2025 – Erin Anand, John Liu, Mohammed Alfaraj