Ridhwaan’s Blogs

During april we attending the final tournament and testing of our micro mouse. Our line following was a success and with the amount of work we did to make it work it was very rewarding. On the other hand, our obstacle avoidance did not fare as well. Incorporating the ultrasonic sensors would have been a … Read more

Sustainability fed into our design as we made sure that our wires were not too long, so we didn’t have excess and didn’t waste anything. We also decided to make our own shell using scrap and recycled materials. Our components can also be recycled and reused once we’ve completed and dismantled the micro mouse.   … Read more

Full Cost Breakdown of the Components Used to Build the PrototypeMicro mouseThe cost of prototyping includes the microcontroller, motors, sensors and PCB components. Instead of the Motorola microcontroller, this year we used the raspberry pi Pico priced around $4. This decision was due to its dual 32-bit ARM architecture and 133MHz clock speed opening the … Read more

Engineers must master both technical skills and ethical responsibility. The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) and Engineering Council (EC) provide ethical guidelines to ensure professional integrity. These guidelines form the foundation for ethical decision-making in engineering and ensure that professionals uphold public trust. Our four-person team is constructing a micro mouse for EG-252, where effective … Read more

In November we all attempted designing a PCB for the micro mouse and decided Sam’s PCB was the best out of the bunch. We then testing our breadboard for its IR light distance balance between the left and right sensor. Our breadboard layout ended up interfering with the IR sensors and did not get the … Read more

Initially we discussed our teams’ strengths and preferences establishing the roles we wanted to partake in. During the first week we created our skills matrix based off our interests and created a foundation for our formation.   The next objective of our team was to create a circuit for our micro mouse onto a breadboard and … Read more