Hello!
Today Electrical pretty much wrapped up all of our duties! In the morning Pawel and Dillon finished refining the servo code, I figured out how to light up the LEDs in time with the rockets, and Diddy completed the scripts to be read at the presentation. Unfortunately, Diddy had to leave for good at noon. He will be missed!
In the afternoon we all relocated to Northrop as Pawel helped to construct decorate the facade. Dillon and I worked more on our respective codes, and found that one of our large problems was due to wiring the LEDs backwards. That will not be a mistake we easily make again in the future.
Tomorrow we hope to attach the channels and LEDs to the facade and calibrate the code accordingly. Then we will be entirely done!
-The Electrical Team
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Electrical 7/30/2014
Hi all,
Today Electrical had a very busy and productive day. Kristi has finished the info posters that will started to be put around our game, and the designs were sent for printing. Diddy continues to work on the scripts, and is near completion. Kristi has started to work on the LED light strips, and has found out many routines in code to use. Pawel and Dillon worked on integrating the servo and Kinect, AND WE HAVE WON. Diddy and Pawel also have made a few changes to the channel in order to put less stress on the servo, and the parts to make it happen have been ordered and should arrive Monday.
Tomorrow, Dillon and Pawel will work to integrate the failsafe switch code with the servo-kinect code. Kristi and Diddy will continue to work on the lights. The background music will also be dealt with and hopefully finished tomorrow. It is still unclear whether we will be ble to add additional sound effects, and will work on it if time permits.
Signing off,
Your friendly neighborhood Electrical Team
Today Electrical had a very busy and productive day. Kristi has finished the info posters that will started to be put around our game, and the designs were sent for printing. Diddy continues to work on the scripts, and is near completion. Kristi has started to work on the LED light strips, and has found out many routines in code to use. Pawel and Dillon worked on integrating the servo and Kinect, AND WE HAVE WON. Diddy and Pawel also have made a few changes to the channel in order to put less stress on the servo, and the parts to make it happen have been ordered and should arrive Monday.
Tomorrow, Dillon and Pawel will work to integrate the failsafe switch code with the servo-kinect code. Kristi and Diddy will continue to work on the lights. The background music will also be dealt with and hopefully finished tomorrow. It is still unclear whether we will be ble to add additional sound effects, and will work on it if time permits.
Signing off,
Your friendly neighborhood Electrical Team
Software- 7/29/14 and 7/30/14
Yesterday we made the code still count point whether there are one or
two players present, and tried to get the game timer to continue until the game
is won. Today, we are working on interfacing with the Arduino and working on
the reset logic for the game. We also worked out the logistics of the
presentation at Northrop Grumman. Tomorrow we plan on starting to put the whole
system together.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Electrical 7/29/14
Hello!
Today was yet another mish-mash day as we ran from place to place trying to get work done.
In the morning, Scott Amore was kind enough to come and give us a presentation on how to test our requirements. He even wrote up a preliminary test matrix for us with what different testing procedures we might use and how to organize our matrix. Using this, it should be easy for us to keep track of how we are meeting requirements. Thanks Scott!
Then, the most exciting part of the day occurred when our parts came in! We all had a good time unwrapping the packages and looking over all the hardware; it was almost like Christmas.
In the afternoon we headed over to the Northrop Grumman facility to start assembling everything. Pawel and Diddy worked with mechanical to get our channels and pullies up and running while Dillon and I stayed behind in Tech Underground to continue working on the code and format the educational posters for our MSI presentation. Dillon got the switches to work, which was very exciting.
Tomorrow we will be back at Harper to continue on the same track. We hope to finish all our coding by Thursday!
-The Electrical Team
Today was yet another mish-mash day as we ran from place to place trying to get work done.
In the morning, Scott Amore was kind enough to come and give us a presentation on how to test our requirements. He even wrote up a preliminary test matrix for us with what different testing procedures we might use and how to organize our matrix. Using this, it should be easy for us to keep track of how we are meeting requirements. Thanks Scott!
Then, the most exciting part of the day occurred when our parts came in! We all had a good time unwrapping the packages and looking over all the hardware; it was almost like Christmas.
In the afternoon we headed over to the Northrop Grumman facility to start assembling everything. Pawel and Diddy worked with mechanical to get our channels and pullies up and running while Dillon and I stayed behind in Tech Underground to continue working on the code and format the educational posters for our MSI presentation. Dillon got the switches to work, which was very exciting.
Tomorrow we will be back at Harper to continue on the same track. We hope to finish all our coding by Thursday!
-The Electrical Team
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Electrical 7/24/14
Hello,
Today, Pawel and Dillon were the only people at Harper. Diddy left us to work with mechanical at the Northrop Grumman site.
Pawel and Dillon worked on interfacing with the Kinect. Dillon successfully developed a system for the fail safe button at the top and bottom of the channel. These buttons will reset the system after every playthrough and will signal the winning sequence. Pawel researched the sound files that we may possibly use and also worked with software and connecting the Kinect to the Arduino. In the morning, Diddy completed the concepts for the informational posters.
Next week will will receive our parts and assemble the track and the belt and pulley system. We will also work on the lights and audio.
Farewell,
Us
Today, Pawel and Dillon were the only people at Harper. Diddy left us to work with mechanical at the Northrop Grumman site.
Pawel and Dillon worked on interfacing with the Kinect. Dillon successfully developed a system for the fail safe button at the top and bottom of the channel. These buttons will reset the system after every playthrough and will signal the winning sequence. Pawel researched the sound files that we may possibly use and also worked with software and connecting the Kinect to the Arduino. In the morning, Diddy completed the concepts for the informational posters.
Next week will will receive our parts and assemble the track and the belt and pulley system. We will also work on the lights and audio.
Farewell,
Us
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Electrical 7/23/14
Hi all!
Work on getting sound for the project continues. We found a couple of tracks that we like, and have found some sound effects that could be useful. Music research will continue.
The facade decorations were discussed with mechanical. General layout was established.
New possibilities for the scientific concept of the project were discussed. We agreed that we can explain the levels of the atmosphere and explain a little about each on a separate poster that will be near the game.
Dillon worked on Arduino and has gotten buttons and servos to work together. We will be working on taking the signals from the Kinect and translating that into servo movement tomorrow. Work on a fail-safe button will also commence.
-Electrical
Work on getting sound for the project continues. We found a couple of tracks that we like, and have found some sound effects that could be useful. Music research will continue.
The facade decorations were discussed with mechanical. General layout was established.
New possibilities for the scientific concept of the project were discussed. We agreed that we can explain the levels of the atmosphere and explain a little about each on a separate poster that will be near the game.
Dillon worked on Arduino and has gotten buttons and servos to work together. We will be working on taking the signals from the Kinect and translating that into servo movement tomorrow. Work on a fail-safe button will also commence.
-Electrical
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