Due to the exams happening across January, only one session by the end of the month happened in this time. However during this session, we managed to fix all of the soldering problems and code issues we came across last semester, getting to a point where we were able to Read more…
After we finished the design of our PCB, we moved on to printing it out and preparing it for soldering. We began with drilling holes into the PCB for the components to sit in, then cut the corners off the board and sanded it down into the shape of a Read more…
With the beginning of a new month, new challenges arose. As we slowly progress through the microcontroller laboratories, I learned new skills that will be vital for the micromouse obstacle avoidance and line following such as coding in the ISR and setting up asynchronous and synchronous global interrupts to follow Read more…
October was the beginning for our group project, and when the groups were assigned. After getting to known each other and out strengths a little better, we filled out our task matrix using each members individual skills and capabilities. We also laid the foundation for the beginning of our team Read more…
In November we used our prototype of the breadboard circuit to create a pcb design on proteus ,overall the design was ok there were no faults, no design rule checks ,however the placement of the components were way too close together,J3 and J4 which are the ir receivers were not Read more…
In October was the month we were introduced to our partners ,we got to know each other through small conversations and planning our project for the micro mouse project. We’ve mainly focused on developing the skills required for this project such as microcontroller programming and also pcb design using Arduino Read more…
In November we successfully designed and printed our PCB for the IR circuit therefore the key task for December was constructing and testing the IR circuit. I began by drilling out the PCB in order for the components to be mounted ad soldered in place. When soldering the components onto Read more…
After successfully constructing our IR sensor circuit on the breadboard it was time for us to begin designing a version that could be printed on a PCB. For this we were introduced to the PCB design software Proteus. Initially I had some difficulty operating the software as I have limited Read more…
After meeting my teammates and becoming acquainted we quickly began discussing our goals for the project and outlining areas we each found most interesting about the project. Following this we created our project plan and team contract after taking careful consideration for each other’s areas of expertise and needs. Once Read more…
We had exams for the first 3 weeks of January which is why we have not been able to progress much further. This month i just checked up on the area’s which needed work. I added more photos to the gallery and added spacers on the posts so they would Read more…