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Team Members: Mike, Stephanie, Rich,  Dino Premise: To devise a plan to construct an miniature scale model of an E.P.M.R.C.M.P.P.U.S.C – an electro-plasto-mechanical remote controlled, [Arduino] microprocessor powered underwater submersible craft. Impractical Archetypal Depiction of a working [Colombian] model craft … Continue reading →

The sickly-sweet smell of solder, thin wisps of smoke wafting in the air. The drip-drip-drip of sweat, slowly pouring over unkempt brows furrowed deep in consternation. The dull thud of metal on wood. Ka-thunk. Ka-thunk. Pffft. An arsewhisper laid skillfully, … Continue reading →

Things are coming together with the submarine. We managed to get the DC motor and accessories mounted and the finishing touches on the  hull were completed the week prior. With the bulk of the physical assembly completed, it’s time to … Continue reading →

ON TUESDAY, December 3rd, we were able to make some solid progress with the submarine, although there is still quite a ways to go. The exterior hull is complete (sanded, supports bonded etc.) and we are now moving to attaching … Continue reading →

On this glorious day, we spent our precious time sanding the hull down to the correct proportions so that the edges would appear flush. We also made sure not to take any lip from the two halves of the sub, … Continue reading →

Today we are connecting RGB LEDs via a breadboard to the arduino, where they will be controlled by a potentiometer. Materials: 1x Arduino 1x Breadboard 1x RGB LED 3x 220 ohm resistors Jumper cables 1. Gathered materials and examined layout … Continue reading →

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 →