Purpose: In order to keep track of energy usage of the AEV, a program was needed to record the data from the Arduino board. During this part of our research, the group decided to spent time to see how the Matlab Analysis Tool would help the group in the future.
Matlab Analysis Tool:
Help groups determine how efficient the AEV is in terms of power. In this exercise a single code was ran and two graphs were created. One of them is power vs time. Using the power vs time graph you could see where in the AEV uses the most power and where the most power is being wasted in. In order to design a more efficient AEV, the team should create a code that minimize the power being used. The second graph that was created, was the Power vs Distance graph. With this graph you could see at what point on the track does the AEV uses power. This helpful, because if the group is using an inclined track, they could see where they would need to put in more power and where to use less.
Power vs Time graph
This graph is harder to analyze since the AEV had to go backwards, but the AEV used a lot of power towards the front of the track and the drop-off isn’t as quick as we’d like.
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reverse(4);
celerate(4,0,35,3);
motorSpeed(4,35);
goFor(3);
reverse(4);
motorSpeed(4,35);
goFor(1.4);