Team A has been writing the codes and uploading it into the Arduino Nano up to this point. In this week’s lab, we’ve tested and trialed the codes to see if any of the products worked. After that was done, we finalized the code to produce a sequence for the motor that the blades were attached on. While doing that, the other two of the group downloaded and set up the equipment needed for the graph of the motor in MATLAB. After downloading the program onto MATLAB, we’ve encountered some complications about the program not reading the codes and forming into a graph. While switching ports and configuring inside the program, we concluded to rewriting the code and reuploading it into the Arduino board. That resolved the issue and gave the results that we wanted. The reason for this to work, is to ensure that the graph will be reading the Arduino board correctly and to show the movement of the motor stopping, accelerating/decelerating, or constant speed. In next week’s lab, we will finalize which drawing will be used for the AEV and come up with research on the materials to start building and get it to work.
From the figure above, it shows the power over the amount of time taken. As a result from the CSS1 file, it stays constant at a speed for 4 sec and has a dramatic drop of speed.
From this figure, it shows the power and distance traveled. Showing from starting position to turn around points of a deep incline and a constant straight line for stopped positions.