Term 2 (2024)
19th to 21st March
12th to 14th March
This week Peter continued to do some work on the screen, and handed that over to Ethan. Ethan has started coding for the special feature, and displaying technical information on the screen, such as real time parameters. Henry continues to work on the shell, and progress has really sped-up. Peter has done work on the website, fixed an issue on the PCB and worked on making the MicroMouse more rigid.
5th to 7th March
This week Henry continued to make good progress on the 3D design and made some technical adjustments. Ethan continued to work on the code and making everything work together. Peter tidied up the MicroMouse and started some coding for the screen.
27th to 29th February
PCB mounted to MicroMouse and testing of circuit finished. MicroMouse testing with the integration of IR PCB circuit has begun.
20th February to 22th February
IR circuitry finished, and testing complete showing good responsiveness from the circuit. Peter drilled holes into the PCB to be mounted onto the MicroMouse and extra, larger holes for cable management. Peter also took over the white line circuitry soldering.
Henry continued to work on the “Head” mechanism for the shell in the CAD software. Ethan continued to work on smoothing out some glitches the white-line followers were experiencing.
13th February to 15th February
Peter created an external mini-breadboard circuit to help with testing the responsiveness of the IR circuitry. Testing showed there was an issue with grounding underneath one of the pin-headers, Peter de-soldered the parts of the circuit to fix this.
Ethan was preparing new code for the IR circuitry and coming up with new special features ideas.
6th February to 8th February
Peter continues to solder the PCB.
Ethan continues to work on the white line circuitry and looks at implementing them into the Pi Pico.
30th January to 1st February
First session back after exams! This week getting back into the swing of things. Peter is soldering the PCB, Ethan begins testing of the white line circuitry.
Term 1 (2023)
12th to 14th December
Micromouse inspection has taken place.
Final PCB design sent off to David Moody, to be printed. Peter also drilled, cut and sanded the PCB. A continuity test was also performed.
5th to 7th December
Finalising the PCB, and inspection of PCB by David Moody. Henry has taken on the role of 3D design for our shell.
28th to 30th November
Peter begins the finishing touches for the PCB design.
21st to 23rd November
Website Overhaul, thanks to Ethan! Out with the old, and in with the new! This week, Team Leader, Peter and Web-Master, Ethan decided we needed to make the website have better functionality and ease of use.
Peter has also begun working on the new IR circuit design on Proteus to accommodate for the expanded design.
14th to 16th November
Team Juliet continued to work on the various activities from previous weeks. Ethan was heading the teams progress on the dev board to understand issues with motor inaccuracies and other output issues. Peter set out expanding on the IR circuitry and giving it more functionality to the original circuit. Peter has also finished testing all points on the IR circuitry to understand how well the circuit works.
7th to 9th November
Progress has been made today on the prototype board of the MicroMouse, the team has been troubleshooting an issue with the motors spinning the incorrect way. The Proteus schematic has started development.
17 October to 31st October:
Team established, along with everyone’s roles. Peter has completed the construction of the IR circuit and built most of the website. Ethan has looked at possible code assembly ideas and extra features, and discussed them with the team. Henry and Salman have continued to work on the motor design and testing.