Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Software- 7/23/14
Today we changed the two colors for the two different teams to accommodate people with colorblindness. We also kept making changes to the code to make the game better. We took out the feature of your score showing on the screen so the only way a player can see their progress is through the rockets. We wanted to do that to emphasize the physical component. Tomorrow we plan to continue to change the code to make the game faster and more reliable.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Electrical 7/22/14
Hi!
It was CDR today so the morning was taken up in the kerfuffle of revising our presentation from last Thursday and adding in details. Dillon represented us during the presentation and was able to explain to Brian, our lead, the different components of the channels as well as our internal block diagram.
After CDR, electrical formed a sub-committee under the direction of Stacey to start working on how we are going to address the crowd at MSI during the Brain Games presentation. We got started writing the scripts for what we are going to say (shoutout to Diddy!) and picking music (a highpoint for Pawel).
Tomorrow we hope to crack the Arduino code!
-Electrical
It was CDR today so the morning was taken up in the kerfuffle of revising our presentation from last Thursday and adding in details. Dillon represented us during the presentation and was able to explain to Brian, our lead, the different components of the channels as well as our internal block diagram.
After CDR, electrical formed a sub-committee under the direction of Stacey to start working on how we are going to address the crowd at MSI during the Brain Games presentation. We got started writing the scripts for what we are going to say (shoutout to Diddy!) and picking music (a highpoint for Pawel).
Tomorrow we hope to crack the Arduino code!
-Electrical
Mechanical 7-22-14
This morning we finished preparing our presentation slides for CDR. We had a dry run and made sure our slides were easy to follow and understand. After we finally presented to our customer, we addressed all the questions and concerns the audience had. After lunch we worked on finalizing designs, considering alternatives, and updating the parts list. We need to start building this week, so we are planning to buy the material at Home Depot tomorrow morning and start building. Our goal is to finish building the corrals and purchase all other materials by then end of the week.
Software- 7/22/14
Today we had our CDR presentation. Afterward, we learned how to change the background of the game, change color of shapes to make sure people with colorblindness could differentiate
between the two colors, and made sure wheelchair users can play. We also found
out how to score based on color. Tomorrow, we plan to figure out how to send
the color-based scores to Arduino.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Electrical 7/17/2014
Hi!
The highpoint of everyone's day this morning was that electrical finished our drawings, parts lists, and assemblies!
This gave us time to assist our teammates as we all shuffled to finish the CAD drawings for the rest of the structure. It was a double job as we had to create drawings for two material options: one made of wood and one made of PVC piping. It was frustrating at times, but Dillon and Diddy in particular felt like the learned a lot about how to quickly assemble drawings and the right and wrong was to constrain parts.
We also made up the presentation slides for CDR. The entire slide deck was 41 slides! But it was helpful to see everything laid out.
After CDR, we were able to see some of our next steps for the coming week. We will have to order our parts and start interfacing with software team to get the actual code working!
We are looking forward to starting to code more, as we have been deep in the throes of AutoDesk Inventor and PowerPoint for the last few days.
-The Electrical Team
Software- 7/17/14
Today we changed the colors of people to be able to see them better against the background. We figured out how to only have two colors of shapes to be easier for the player. We also ran a practice run of CDR. Tuesday we plan to perfect communication with the Arduino, finish CDR, and try to have players earn color based points.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Electrical 7/16/2014
Hello!
Today the electrical team split up a little to get different jobs done.
Pawel has been hard at work for the past week working with our CAD drawings, and now it has come to fruition as he made the assembly drawings. They look great!
Dillon and Diddy spent the morning working on a circuit to make the decorative lights flash carnival style. Aaron Cohen was kind enough to come down to the Harper Facility today to assist us with some electrical questions. This was very good, as he informed us that using alternating current as we had planned could have blown us up if wrongly used. The more you know. In the afternoon, they flexed their CAD skills helping the Mechanical Team to start their part drawings.
I have been helping Stacey to prepare for CDR tomorrow. We wrote abstracts for the presentation, made risk analysis charts, and coordinated the three groups together to form a cohesive slideshow.
We are looking forward to share our progress with some Northrop Grumman representatives tomorrow during CDR!
-The Electrical Team
Today the electrical team split up a little to get different jobs done.
Pawel has been hard at work for the past week working with our CAD drawings, and now it has come to fruition as he made the assembly drawings. They look great!
Dillon and Diddy spent the morning working on a circuit to make the decorative lights flash carnival style. Aaron Cohen was kind enough to come down to the Harper Facility today to assist us with some electrical questions. This was very good, as he informed us that using alternating current as we had planned could have blown us up if wrongly used. The more you know. In the afternoon, they flexed their CAD skills helping the Mechanical Team to start their part drawings.
I have been helping Stacey to prepare for CDR tomorrow. We wrote abstracts for the presentation, made risk analysis charts, and coordinated the three groups together to form a cohesive slideshow.
We are looking forward to share our progress with some Northrop Grumman representatives tomorrow during CDR!
-The Electrical Team
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