December was a short month due to the Christmas holidays. But at the start of December, we had finished the first task of obstacle avoidance. Once this was completed, I began working on the white line following. The first thing I did was construct the LDR circuit onto a breadboard Read more…
This is the testing stage of the infrared sensor circuit. Test Point A Starting with test point A, the first gate, this is a 20kHz oscillator. As expected, we did get a square wave, however ours oscillates at 29kHz. But upon inspection it was functioning as intended, so we continued Read more…
The obstacle avoiding will be done using infrared sensors and emitters, however before this we will use touch bars to test the speed of the motors. This is our micromouse using just the touch bars. We noticed that the motors speed was slightly off balanced, but with assistance were able Read more…
Within the IET, my team and I have a duty to possess professional integrity. In doing so we will obey the byelaws and rules of conduct set by the IET, these have been put in place for the interest of the public. My team would blow the whistle in this Read more…
Within engineering there are many ethical principles in place, and all engineers or students should be educated on this. They are put in place so that engineering can be trusted by the public and seen as an ethical profession. I am going to play my role in this, by committing Read more…
Throughout November I began learning how to use WordPress and made a start on our teams website. There is still a lot to add and learn about WordPress however. Also, making a start on learning how to use proteus, and used it to create my own PCB design. During November Read more…
Throughout October the first thing we did was make a start on our project planning, establishing the skills of each team member and what roles they would like to take on. Once the roles were decided we created a project plan and all signed it. We also set goals for Read more…