This week, I worked on the ethics assignment and finishing up the aiming system prototype.
I’ve adjusted the mounting point for the vertical aiming system’s arm, which was further away from the previous version, making it more stable and easier to screw in. The servo motor house’s mounting point has also been re-printed and everything was assembled nicely.
As I was about to work on the electrical connections, I’ve realized that I don’t have the appropriate wires. For the servo motor, the three wires coming out of it are all lumped in a female dupont connector, and the stepper motor has bare cables coming out of it. I’ve ordered dupont cables and block connectors so I can make all the wired connections come together.
I am still on schedule according to the Gantt chart.
For next week, I will be making a final push so that the aiming systems all come together. While I wait for the new parts to come in, I will be working on enhancing the prototype so the vertical and radial aiming systems are connected, as well as the base for the robot. Once I have the parts, I will be writing control modules for each system so I can demo that in the following week.