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Team A5: Chargin'

Carnegie Mellon ECE Capstone, Spring 2024

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  • Anirud Durani
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Author LucaPosted on April 27, 2024April 27, 2024No comment Team Status Report for 4/27

Team Status Report for 4/27

Current Risks: More problems arise upon integration of all project modules Catastrophic failure of a component or set of components before demo Damage to PCBs or Arduino’s during capacitor soldering … Read More “Team Status Report for 4/27”

Author LucaPosted on April 27, 2024April 27, 2024No comment Luca’s Status Report for 4/27

Luca’s Status Report for 4/27

This Week: This week I put the finishing touches on the gantry. This mainly included laser cutting wood and attaching it to the frame. While this sounds trivial at worst, … Read More “Luca’s Status Report for 4/27”

Author LucaPosted on April 20, 2024April 21, 2024No comment Team Status Report for 4/20

Team Status Report for 4/20

Current Risks: Cables aren’t resilient enough and begins shearing. Debugging this would be very difficult as they are long cables. The arduino and other hardware doesn’t fit in the allotted … Read More “Team Status Report for 4/20”

Author LucaPosted on April 20, 2024April 20, 2024No comment Luca’s Status Report for 4/20

Luca’s Status Report for 4/20

This Week: This week, I spent a lot of time printing the (hopefully) last components. This includes both the cable snakes (for routing cables to the moving gantry) and the … Read More “Luca’s Status Report for 4/20”

Author LucaPosted on April 5, 2024April 9, 2024No comment Luca’s Status Report 4/6

Luca’s Status Report 4/6

This Week This week I finished assembling the stage, and wrote code for the steppers. The remaning assembly included: boring out larger holes in the aluminum belt clamps, sanding down … Read More “Luca’s Status Report 4/6”

Author LucaPosted on March 29, 2024March 29, 2024No comment Team Status Report for 3/30

Team Status Report for 3/30

Current Risks: A significant number of soldered components are faulty on the PCB Arduino Ammeter does not work as we expect Interfacing the two arduino is not as straightforward as … Read More “Team Status Report for 3/30”

Author LucaPosted on March 29, 2024March 29, 2024No comment Luca’s Status Report for 3/30

Luca’s Status Report for 3/30

This Week: This week I was finally able to fully assemble and test the stage (images and video at the bottom of this post). My meticulous modeling and dimesioning resulted … Read More “Luca’s Status Report for 3/30”

Author LucaPosted on March 23, 2024March 24, 2024No comment Team Status Report for 03/23

Team Status Report for 03/23

Current Risks: Motor control is not as straightforward as we think for H-belt design A significant number of soldered components are faulty on the PCB 3D Prints fail or are … Read More “Team Status Report for 03/23”

Author LucaPosted on March 23, 2024March 23, 2024No comment Luca’s Status Report for 3/23

Luca’s Status Report for 3/23

What did you personally accomplish this week? Give files or photos that demonstrate your progress. Prove to the reader that you put sufficient effort into the project over the course … Read More “Luca’s Status Report for 3/23”

Author LucaPosted on March 10, 2024March 10, 2024No comment Team Status Report for 3/09

Team Status Report for 3/09

Current Risks to the Project: PCBs take longer than anticipated to ship Motor speed is much more limited than expected Design Changes: As stated in Callum’s report, we will be … Read More “Team Status Report for 3/09”

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