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Week 9 Lab Report

Objective: Hook up some servos to an Arduino and make it do cool stuff. Hardware Required: Arduino Board (1) Servo Motor hook-up wire   Procedure: -open up the arduino program – attach your arduino to the computer – set the … Continue reading

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Week 8 journal- final project quadrotor

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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Week 7 Journal Entry- Project Proposal

My team consists of myself, Steven C., Vincent Gil, and Sergio Lombardo. The project that we are proposing is the quad rotor helicopter. We determined that the best way to go about the project is to buy one and modify … Continue reading

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week 6 journal entry- microcontrollers

The microcontroller that I chose is Atmega168PA. The high-performance Atmel picoPower 8-bit AVR RISC-based microcontroller combines 16KB ISP flash memory with read-while-write capabilities, 512B EEPROM, 1KB SRAM, 23 general purpose I/O lines, 32 general purpose working registers, three flexible timer/counters with … Continue reading

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week 5 lab report

Objective; To take apart Audiovox FM Transceiver, examine the insides and then put it together again. Materials; Audiovox FM Transceiver, philips head screwdriver, springy-thingy(antenna), 6 rubber buttons, 2 plastic buttons. circuit board, mic, 1 inch LCD screen, 7 resistors, 4 … Continue reading

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Week 4 Journal Entry

The actuator that I chose is the TEC2000 actuator. The TEC2000 series can handle both quarter-turn and multi-turn applications across an extremely broad torque range—using either three-phase or single-phase power. While some manufacturers claim to offer non-intrusive actuators, take a … Continue reading

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Week 4 lab report

Objective: dissect a network switch, document the parts and put it back together. Material: Linksys srw2008 MP 8port GB switch, screwdriver, hex wrench, solder iron, camera, 5 volt power supply, vice grips, pry bar.  1. examine power supply  2. remove … Continue reading

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Week 4 Journal Entry

The sensor that I chose is an altitude sensor. This particular sensor measures altitude. The altitude sensor can help in the project that I am doing because it can measure the altitude of the quadrotor helicopter. The sensor outputs are digitized … Continue reading

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Week 2 Journal

Finding an arduino project that is appealing to me was difficult because I wanted to find a project that was fun to me and useful to make. The project that I researched is the Arduino quadrotor helicopter. It’s an RC … Continue reading

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Week One Journal Entry

Hey guys, my name is Marcos Lamberty. I’m an Entertainment Technology student in my junior year. I haven’t had much experience with programming other than the CST 1101 class. I learned to create a small video game using Alice. We … Continue reading

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