1-10-2018
Hitchcock Hall 224-8am
All members present
Basic Team Introductions and Ideas
- Talked about the importance of having an aerodynamic design
- Talked about the idea that the device would have to stop at a point to go through a gate
- Agreed that each member of the team should be responsible for a portion, and no one should do more than their weight
- Created a GroupMe for the team
1-17-2018
Hitchcock Hall 224-8am
Members not present- Paul Qing
- Began testing process for Arduino
- Set up basic test device, connected battery, and controller
- Coded Scenario 1
- Tested scenario 1
- Took photos of the test of scenario
Planned meeting for the following Tuesday at Park-Stradley Hall
1-23-2018
Park-Stradley Hall Side Study Room – 4pm
All members Present
- Started meeting by discussing goals for the day
- Split into two groups
- Ryne and Jacob worked on assembling the under body of the AEV
- Rishi and Paul worked on assembling the wheel mount
- Discussed which of the two mounts would be more effective in increasing productivity of the vehicle
- Started installing sensors onto the mounts
- Took photos of the test AEV
- End of meeting
1-24-2018
Hitchcock Hall 224-8am
All Members Present
- Started off by coding test for external sensors
- Loaded the code onto the Arduino
- Ran a test for the instructional team
1-31-18
Hitchcock Hall 224-8am
All members Present
- Began with work on PR&D lab 4, and the design analysis tool
- Researched the possibility of moving the battery further to the back, for balance purposes
- Moved the battery back in the test AEV, to improve balance
- Placed the sample AEV on the sample track to test for balance
- Ran a successful test of the AEV program
- Took the info of the test run and analyzed the results.
2-06-18
Hitchcock Hall 224-8am
All members present
- Completed remaining Pre R&D labs
- Assessed team members individual AEV sketches
- Began preparing for the transition into the AR&D phase of the mission
- Updated and prepared to publish Progress Report 1
- Selected best AEV designs to consider for later stages of development
- Began testing for AR&D on propellor positioning
- Started with initial design, and ran tests
Mistakes made:
- Ran the propellors at too high of a speed and almost ran AEV off the track
- Small bump in AEV track caused the vehicle to fly off the track (was caught)
2-13-18
Hitchcock Hall 224-8am
All members present
- Began the day presenting our Grant Proposal
- Re arranged our AEV to be able to have a motor in the front and back of the AEV
- Re coded the Arduino for one motor to go in the opposite direction
Small Hiccups
- Arduino needed to have completely new code for the one motor to spin in the opposite direction
- Had to decide which motor to make spin in the opposite direction
2-21-18
Hitchcock Hall 224
All members present
- Began AR&D 2 testing, on track variance
- After finishing the tests for the second track, we were curious if the decreasing numbers had more to do with battery power than the track variance
- Re ran tests for the back track, and got consistent results again
- Worked on making the most lightweight, compact design possible
2-28-18
Hitchcock Hall 224
All members present
- Presented our AR&D information
3-3-18
Morrison Tower Lobby
All members Present
- Finished work on progress report 1 rewrite
- Discussed plans for the next AEV design
- Built the next AEV
- Began working on progress report 2
- Added details to the website
Issues:
- Had to get more zipties to switch which mount we were using.
- Had to find a way to more effectively balance the AEV
- changed our design for the base
3-7-18
Hitchcock 224
All members present
- Began performance test 1
- Had to get a new arduino motor, and new cord
Beginning code: 280 marks, then quick stop
- First test
20% power for 280 marks – no movement
- Second Test
Motors forward, 40% for 1 second, 20% for 280 marks, brake at 280
- Third Test
Backward motor, 40% for a second, 20% for 280, brake at 280
- Fourth test
backward motor, 40% for a second, 20% for 260 marks, 30% power for 1 second in reverse
(Test was very good, just a little bit long)
- Fifth Test
backward motor, 40% for a second, 20% for 240 marks, 30% power for 1 second in reverse
(Even closer to perfect)
Sixth Test
backward motor, 40% for a second, 20% for 250 marks, 30% power for 1 second in reverse
(This test was nothing short of Elon musks car in space)
7 Test
Tried to go to other end of the track, didn’t reverse motor
8 Test
After gate- 40% precent for 2, then 20% power for rest
(Needed to be caught at the very end, but the rest was perfect.
3-20-18
Hitchcock Hall 308
All Members Present
- Began forming code for HI 308 track
- Began with previous code and it was not enough power to get up the hill
- Tried a few different codes
- Adjusted the amount of marks to go with this track
- Successful Test
All motors 40% for 1 second, 21% absolute 245, reverse all motors, 30% for 1.8 seconds. Break all motors, reverse all motors, 0% power for 8 seconds, 30% power for 2 seconds.
Important Notes
Moving to a different room created an interesting task for deciding what power to run our AEV at on a different track. The basis was still the same but some slight tweaks had to be made.
3-21-18
Hitchcock Hall 224
All members present
- Began performance test 2
- Ran several tests for performance tests two
- Had to adjust connector piece to be able to easily pick up the caboose
3-22-18
Hitchcock Hall 308
All members Present
- Continued work on performance test 2
- Continued work on MCR
- Completed graded Performance test 2
3-27-18
Hitchcock Hall 308
All members present
- Continued work on final performance test
- Ran a few successful completed performance tests
- Still had a few flaws in the code to perfect on Thursday
3-28-18
Hitchcock hall 224
All members present
- Started preparations for the committee meeting
- Ran tests for 224 and finalized code for that room
- 224 is complete
3-29-18
Hitchcock Hall 308
All members present
- Ran back Tuesdays code for 308, still found a few flaws, and needed to refine
4-3-18
- Continued to refine code for room 308
- Saved data from run in Matlab program
4-5-18
Hitchcock Hall 308
All members present
- Continued work on Progress report 3
- Ran a few tests to make sure our code was up to par
4-10-18
Hitchcock Hall 308
All members present
- Continued running performance tests
- Completed the final Performance test