Monthly Archives: October 2013

Journal 6 – Microcontroller

Posted on October 21, 2013 by 37337

This is a late submission of the micro proc/controller journal. The microcontroller I chose is a Parallax P8x32A chip, which is a multi-core 32bit RISC CPU with 8 cores. Each of the 8 32bit cores has a CPU which accesses … Continue reading →

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Week 5 – Actuators – 3B Scientific U56001 Vibration Generator

Posted on October 21, 2013 by 37337

This is a make-up of the assignment on actuators. Since I was interested in Cymatics phenomena, I chose an appropriate actuator which could be used to generate vibrations that result in said patterns appearing. That device is the “3B Scientific … Continue reading →

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Journal 8

Posted on October 20, 2013 by stephanie s

Our team is going to attempt to build an underwater ROV with a mechanical arm to retrieve items.  Initially I wanted to make a submersible that could be used for some sort of covert environmental operation.  But over time, as … Continue reading →

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Journal 8 – Team Role

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Randi Sobhan

Our group does not have a name yet but we are the members of the class who are designing clothing with LEDs attached to them. My role is to figure out how to make the LEDs react to sound.  My … Continue reading →

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Week 8 Journal Entry – My role in the team

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Yaro

Our team for the “Hell Rabbit” project consists of three people: Frank Mason, Jorge Lara and myself. Frank is responsible for adding and modifying the code. Jorge will be searching for the additional components that can enhance our project. My … Continue reading →

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Week 7 – Group Project Proposal by Frank Mason

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Frank Mason

The group that I am a part of consists of Yaro, Jorge Lara and myself. We have decided to continue work on the interactive toy bunny project, nicknamed “Hell Rabbit”. However, we have made the decision to incorporate more aspects … Continue reading →

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Week 8 journal – final project quadcopter

Posted on October 17, 2013 by vincent

as a team we are purchasing a lil’ dragon flyer as well as accessories we`ll be needing for it such as extra hasbro lets go fishing game. extra propellers in case we break some. my first step as everyone else … Continue reading →

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Week 8 journal- final project quadrotor

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Marcos

as a team, we must order the quad rotor with the appropriate accessories. we also need to order a Hasbro Let’s Go Fishing board game for an attraction. My first step will be to take apart the quad rotor to … Continue reading →

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Journal 8 entry- Starting a Final

Posted on October 17, 2013 by stevejc

When working on a team and building an aerodynamic device, the first question is where do we begin? We all meet up after class and we discussed it. The very first step is to buy all of our supplies such … Continue reading →

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Week 8 Post- Final project Next step

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Sergio-Isidoro Lombardo

As a team our first step is ordering the quad-rotter, with the appropriate accessories we will need. In the next step I will be looking into is how the vacuum form machine works. I will be doing this because we … Continue reading →

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