Week 9 – 3/18/2019

Location: HI 308

Time: 8:00-8:55

Members Present: All

Topics

• Worked on PT1
  • Optimized gate opening and failsafe
  • Stops for 7 seconds
  • Goes through gate
  • Stops further down the track

Upcoming tasks:

• Split up work for PR2: each member has their sections
• PR2 due Wednesday
• PT1 due Wednesday
• Oral Presentation on Friday

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Week 8 – 3/8/2019

Location: HI 224

Time: 8:00-9:20

Members Present: All

Topics

• Testing codes for Progress Report test and collect data
  • Tweaked code until distance properly works
• Methodologies 2: compare data collected from Arm 1 and Arm 2 at same power.
  • 40% power for each Arm 2 test

Upcoming tasks:

• Martin to design new baseplate for AEV in Y shape
• Bryan and Pulkit to update profile pictures to Website
• Pulkit to upload individual design on website
• Bryan, Pulkit, and Hayden to write individual design descriptions on website.
• Website Update 3 Notes from committee meeting
  • make team member pages look better, put pictures
  • avoid titling code “lab 3” use more descriptive language for more general audience, professionalism
  • explain designs, make everyone write their own thing, make pics larger not on a new tab, avoid chains of links, no outside links
  • don’t have all meeting notes on one page, use tags for posts
  • think about audience and their needs
  • comment on code
  • better to have large page

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Week 8 – 3/6/19

Location: HI 308

Time: 8:00-8:55

Members Present: Bryan, Hayden

Topics

• Switched out the support arm for testing different weight distribution
  • Did not change much at all
• Ran code from last session
  • AEV stops almost at the correct spot, just needs to come a little closer

Upcoming Tasks

• Performance test 1, complete methodology part 1

Week 8 – 3/4/19

Location: HI 308

Time: 8:00-8:55

Members Present: All

Topics

• Code was modified – Pulkit, Bryan, Hayden
  • int in = 0;
  • int f = (130*8/3.902)
  • goToRelativePosition(-f);
• AEV runs on function for convenience
• Data analysis and graphing – Marty

Upcoming Topics

• Methodology procedure and performance test 1

Week 7 – 3/1/19

Location: HI 224

Time: 8:00-9:20

Members Present: Bryan, Marty, Hayden

Topics:

• AEV track testing, used basic AEV movement commands
  • motorSpeed(1,30);
  • motorSpeed(2,30);
  • goFor(5);
• Modified speed and time of AEV using these numbers for reference – Bryan and Hayden
  • performed multiple tests
• Data analysis and graphing – Marty
  • graphed power vs time for future reference on battery testing

Upcoming Tasks

• Methodology procedure and more testing
• tweaking code to match up with gate stop

Week 6 – 2/22/19

Location: HI 224

Time: 8:00-9:20

Members Present: All

Topics:

• Committee meetings take place
• Create Methodology for division
  • Team P – battery testing, aerodynamics, wire management

Upcoming Tasks

• Prepare for AEV tests

Week 5 – 2/15/19

Location: HI 224

Time: 8:00-9:20

Members Present: All

Topics:

• Choosing roles for Committee meeting
  • Pulkit – Research and Development
  • Bryan – Public Relations
  • Hayden – Research and Development
  • Martin – Human Resource

Upcoming Tasks

• Each team member to prepare for committee meeting next friday – 2/22/19

Week 5 – 2/13/19

Location: HI 224

Time: 3:00-4:00

Members Present: Pulkit, Bryan, Marty, Hayden

Topics

• Modifying design for AEV for efficiency
• Drafting grant proposal – Marty
  • Modifying arduino casing
• Split up progress report
  • Bryan – team meeting notes, backward summary/situation, upcoming goals
  • Marty – schedule
  • Hayden – arduino code, forwards summary/situation, summary results/analysis
  • Pulkit – tables and figures, takeaways

Upcoming Tasks

• Complete grant proposal and progress report – assignments listed above
• Lab 4

Week 5 – 2/12/19

Location: HI 346

Time: 5:30-7:30

Members Present: Bryan, Hayden

Topics

• GTA Nick helped with problem where code would not upload to arduino
• Lab 2 and 3 done
  • Resolved upload error, performed reflectance sensor test
  • Coded AEV movement, tested on track
  • Recorded data and used MATLAB to display data on Excel
  • Graphed data with MATLAB

Upcoming Tasks

• Wednesday meeting will include everyone
• Split up progress report work
• Draft grant proposal video and create it
  • Turn in to Carmen by 5 pm Thursday

Week 4 – 2/8/19

Location: HI 224

Time: 8:00-9:20

Members Present: Pulkit, Bryan, Marty, Hayden

Topics

• Trouble uploading code to arduino for most of lab
  • could not resolve problem
  • will meet with Nick on Tuesday, February 12 at 5:30 in HI 346
• Uploaded most of AEV designs to website
• Arduino upload error unresolved

Upcoming Tasks

• Talk with Nick about upload error and other help