For weeks. we have been struggling to get our micromouse to follow the white line accurately and finally this week, we were able to make a breakthrough, our micromouse works although quite slowly and it sometimes stalls. we are glad to have something to build up on. Below is a video of our achievement, and check out our February blogs
White line Following Progress 2/29/24 Read More »
Part of the goals for our micromouse is that it must be capable of following a rectangular track consisting of a 50mm white line on a black background. We used the white LEDs on our micromouse to direct the movement around the edge. The LED’s were arranged in a triangle shape with two LEDs on the front and one LED at the back to detect at every location including the back.
We finished exams last month and we had a short break as well for New Years and Christmas so when we got back for the break, we had our PCBs printed and handed out to us, so Ethan started on it and did a good job soldering. I was giving a role of testing the circuit, and I noticed that the infrared circuit was not working on the PCB as planned so I had to desolder and resolder a few components like the lights. Andrew and I worked on the white light following as well and there were few protypes that ended up being completed and soldered by Ethan, because this month has been quite busy, there weren’t many updates on the website as I would have liked, as we were kind of short staffed. One of our Key members Rhys had to leave due to some unforeseen circumstances, so we all had to chip in to cover up for each other in one way or another. We are also getting close to the end of our micromouse because we have started the design of our shell, more details about the shell will be on the website, I was able to design the tail of the shell, as we are thinking of having a fox shell literally like our name lol. We are also getting our special feature stated soon as we found the components we wanted on amazon.
I think we have done a great job this month, considering so many discrepancies like being a team of 3 all of a sudden, I’ll see you all next month.
Dara’s February Blog Read More »
During February I soldered the PCB which was an enjoyable task to do, and then also made the white line sensors so we can progress in that area of the micro mouse. The white sensor board worked correctly, and we are currently trying to calibrate them so that they work smoothly. I have also started on the creation of the shell although I am struggling with learning the SolidWorks software as it seems quite complex, but I will be watching some videos on YouTube to aid me. This SolidWorks will be what I am working on in March as well.
Happy New year! We had a Christmas break and exams from late December to January, and we came back to the labs this week, we designed the PCB before the break and Mr Moody kindly printed it on Tuesday, Ethan started work on the PCB, drilling holes for the circuits and making a smaller circle. Andrew and I also got to work building the white line sensors on the breadboard and then we are currently adding it to the microcontroller. Check out a few pictures from our PCB and white line sensor prototype.
On the left is the first picture of our PCB after drilling holes for the circuit, the edges are still a little rough.
On the right is the final picture of the PCB after using the sander to get a more accurate circle.
We’re Back 2/1 /2024(Update). Read More »
