I am currently working on trying to implement the encoders on the DC motors to locate the position of the bogie.
The first step was to make a program in Arduino that runs the motors and outputs information of the encoders on the serial monitor. This was a big challenge for me, I spent a day of research and concluded that the code needed interrupts. At this point I reached out to Khang for assistance, he was able to get a program running to get useful information from the serial monitor by rotating the encoder.The next step is to correlate the values from the serial monitor, which are based on the rotations of the encoder, with distance traveled by the bogie on the test track. Khang and I will be running tests and measurements starting Monday.
My to-do list for week 2 consists of: finalizing the program for the encoders, redesigning the mounting bracket for the hall effect sensors, redesigning bogie components to allow for easy assembling, and designing a safety harness for the 1/12th scale track to avoid the bogie from falling to the ground during program errors.
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Week 5: 7/31/2017 to 8/4/2017
Progress this week (more details below): -DC motor issue research -Battery charge no longer lasts as long on the bogie research -Now able...
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Progress this week (more details below): -DC motor issue research -Battery charge no longer lasts as long on the bogie research -Now able... -
This week I spend a lot of time trying to get the track leveled, so the Bogies don't get their switch lever jammed as well as widening p... -
I spent a lot of time the beginning of this week trying to document as much information about the 1/12 scale mobile app and testing p...
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