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October 19, 2004:
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Attendance: Nick Vertucci, Eric
Wojcik, Stephen Lewis, Nick Terzulli, Dr. Kurland,
Dr. Limberis |
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Motors
delivered....delicious. |
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Motor
drivers delivered |
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Chassis
discussion |
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Talk to Alex
M. about cutting wood for maze |
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Begin making
tables for SP1 presentations |
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Algorithms
are continuing |
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Team meeting
set for Wednesday, October 27th at 3pm in AR-148 |
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Finalize
IEEE project proposal (2 pages) |
October 12, 2004:
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Attendance: Nick Vertucci, Eric
Wojcik, Stephen Lewis, Nick Terzulli, Dr. Kurland,
Dr. Limberis |
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Motor
selected from Jameco; ready to order. |
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Sensors
delivered |
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Preliminary
coding underway |
1.Correction
algorithm
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Room access
memo signed |
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Begin
voltage regulator research |
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Begin
project proposal for IEEE |
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Check with
last year’s team about trip funding |
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Check if
company’s would like logo on our webpage |
October 5, 2004:
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Attendance: Nick Vertucci, Eric
Wojcik, Stephen Lewis, Nick Terzulli, Dr. Kurland,
Dr. Limberis |
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Microcontrollers delivered and tested. Need new power adaptor. |
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Sensors
ordered. |
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Motors: |
1.Difficult
time finding right ones
2.Talk to Dave
Ciotti and Mike Mensch
3.Meet this
weekend to finalize search
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Batteries
decided on. Check nominal discharge characteristics. |
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Website
account finalized |
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Room access
granted |
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Approach
Alex M. regarding maze construction help |
September 28th,
2004:
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Attendance: Nick Vertucci, Eric
Wojcik, Stephen Lewis, Nick Terzulli, Dr. Kurland,
Dr. Limberis, Ben A. |
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Motors: (NT) |
1.Difficulty in finding motor drivers
2.Lean towards fabricating our own motor driver
3.Talk to motor manufacturers and suppliers.
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IEEE: |
1.Proposal tentatively set for the end of October.
2.
Acknowledge IEEE’s generosity
from last year.
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Sensors –
Settled on sensors. Contacting company about price break. (NV) |
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Microcontrollers & Coding: (EW) |
1.MAVRICs ordered on 9/27/2004
2.
Began Lee-Moore algorithm
coding in C.
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Batteries –
shy away from lithium-ion rechargeables due to availability/price of
charger. (SL) |
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Create memo
for continued team lab use. |
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Team meeting
set for Wednesday, September 29th @ 6:30pm in General Lab for
editing of progress report PowerPoint. |
September 21st,
2004:
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Attendance: Nick Vertucci, Eric
Wojcik, Stephen Lewis, Nick Terzulli, Dr. Kurland,
Dr. Limberis, Ben A. |
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Gantt chart
review – update design fields. (SL) |
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IEEE design
proposal – Have short project proposal ready by mid-October for presentation
to IEEE funding board. |
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Ask local
IEEE chapter about possible funding. (SL) |
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Request loft
in Room 123 be set aside for Micro-Mouse team. |
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Microcontroller – Settled on MAVRIC microcontroller. Will buy 2 depending
on availability of funds. (EW) |
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Sensor
Comparison: (NV) |
1. Agree on threshold sensor in front of mouse to stop from hitting wall.
2.
35-50 mA draw on sensors so
far.
3.
10 degree angle of deflection
desirable.
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Motor
selection – motors are so far in the $10-$20 range. (NT) |
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Begin
drawing up budget. |
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Batteries
– Rechargeable vs. Disposable. Create cost chart. (SL) |
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Went over
Realistic Constraints paper for SP I class |
September 14th, 2004:
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Attendance: Nick Vertucci, Eric
Wojcik, Stephen Lewis, Nick Terzulli, Dr. Kurland |
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Talk to Dr.
Limberis about hosting this year’s competition (NV) |
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Decided on
Top-Down threshold sensor array placement |
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Gantt chart
tasks (SL) |
1.
Design completion
a. Mechanical
Drawings (NT)
2.
Parts selection
a.
Motor Selection (NT)
b. Sensor Selection
– 6 x threshold, 1 x Distance (NV)
c. Battery
Selection (SL)
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Begin C code modules (EW) |
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Order Parts (deadline: end Oct/ beginning
Nov) |
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Begin Construction by end of semester |
September 9th, 2004:
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Attendance: Nick Vertucci, Eric
Wojcik, Stephen Lewis, Nick Terzulli, Dr. Kurland |
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Future meeting scheduled for
Tuesdays at 11:30am. |
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Purposes of meetings: 1)
Communication amongst team members and 2) To help Stay on schedule |
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Dr. Kurland advised team members
of the grading criteria |
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Money available for project
≈ $1,000.00 |
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Begin work
on Gantt charts in order to plan out semester's work |
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Primary
design consideration: Placement of sensors |
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Nick T. to
get copy of last year's Micro-Mouse paper |
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Nick V. to
get website up and running |
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Eric to
study last year's algorithms and convert to C |
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Ask Mary to
put out email asking for undergraduates on team |
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Set goal of
First Place at 2005 Micro-Mouse competition |
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