This lab allowed the team to become accustom with the basic programming knowledge required to power the motors on the AEV. Instructions were given to the team to allow them to create sounds to play short tunes via the fans connected to the motors. One such instruction allowed the team to play the star wars theme song.
Takeaways
1) The command “brake(m);” does not actually brake the moving object, only halts the motor
2) Understanding of basic commands in Arduino code in Sketchbook
3) More possibilities other than movement from fans
4) Setup requirements for running code to Arduino from computer software and necessary steps to take. (crucial as this will surely be done hundreds of times throughout the future)
No progress report this week