The majority of this week was dedicated to preparing and attending presentation sessions and finalizing the semester’s schedule. Additionally, I did some research on the feasibility of magnetic levitation online and researched different devices that we could use for the final project. I am tasked with the detection and locking system aspect of the project, so I delved into researching how to connect hall effect sensors to an Arduino by reviewing existing projects online. I believe I am confident to conduct actual experiments by next week.
We are on track with our schedule in terms of researching as we have created a comprehensive list of possible components. However, we have encountered delays in feasibility testing due to the delayed arrival of the magnetic levitation devices. We plan to conduct these tests promptly upon their arrival on the new scheduled date of 2/14.
Moving forward, our goal for next week is to complete testing of the magnetic levitation device and make decisions regarding the devices to be utilized in our final product.In the meantime, I aim to start the creation of a GitHub repository for the team to commence work on building software components as it does not depend on any physical device. Additionally, I will begin testing hall effect sensors for go piece detection next week.