Monthly Archives: December 2013

Week 16 post

It’s a wrap… Overall I’d say we were successful with our project. There were a few goals that we have not yet reached; however with more time I’m confident that the end results will net all that we set out … Continue reading

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Week 16 journal

did i say the fecal matter has hit the fan i meant everything that you wouldn’t want to hit a fan has hit it. the second remote is not syncing up with the quadcopter. we are royally destroyed. forget autonomy … Continue reading

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Week 15 journal

the fecal matter has hit the fan dudes and dudetts. this things not flying. the contoller is not syncing up with the quadcopter. the new one the company is so happy to send us free of charge will hopefully work. … Continue reading

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Week 13 journal

battery ordered. these dudes did their metering without me so i’ve no idea what they got for their number but as long as i can fly it and lend a hand with any programming ill be cool. now just gotta … Continue reading

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Week 12 jounal

so after spending a considerable amount of time looking for a power source steve strikes gold with a battery that has 5000 MA(Mah) which is ten time what we have now. he says hes ordered it. now we are gonna … Continue reading

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Week 11 journal

so it seems we need more MA (Mah) for the quadcopter if we intend to add other components to it. turns out according to peter that we may be able to find a power source with twice the MA for … Continue reading

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Week 10 journal

so after some flight test i realized im the only one who can fly this thing for more than 4 seconds.( can you say OFFICIAL PILOT) that being established, turns out i can only be pirate for only 10  minutes … Continue reading

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week 10 lab

Objective-  control a servo motor with a knob     Materials-     Arduino Board (1) Servo Motor (1) Potentiometer hook-up wire       Procedure-   1-deliver note to hot blond maid,( i have no idea what hes talking … Continue reading

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week 9 journal

the quadcopter arrived at marcos’ house. it time for me to take the controls and fly this motha. marcos has gone ahead and decided he would take the cover off and see whats under the hood. hopefully we will find … Continue reading

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week 7 journal

for the project Steven.C, sergio.L, Marcos.L, and myself would like to build a quadcopter, however it was brought to out attention that since we have little to no programming and “robot” making experience it would be better for us to … Continue reading

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