Monday, April 17, 2017

Blog Report Week 13 - Combined

6. Group task: Explain your group RG setup. 
  • Liam's circuit will begin with Dominoes falling onto a light switch and turning a heat gun on, to heat a temperature sensor. Next it will start a timer, counting until it reaches 9 seconds, and then spinning a motor with a string glued to a car (to act like a pulley system). The car will have a 5V wire attached to it and will begin Justin's Circuit.
  • Justin's circuit will begin with a 5V connection from Liam's circuit. This will spin a motor that pulls a stop block and releases a ball down a system of ramps. The ball will trigger a switch that sends power through an op amp, a relay, and into a timer. This will be connected to a binary counter. The least and most significant bits will be connected to an and gate which is then connected to a motor that will pull a paper off of the next group's circuit. 

7. Group task: Video of a test run of your group RG.


5 comments:

  1. Too bad you did not get to work together.

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  2. How does the 5V wire transfer voltage from one circuit to the next and maintain secure so that the voltage stays constant.

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    1. It doesn't necessarily have to remain constant, but it depends on the current to spin Justin's motor. And our voltage source for the transfer wire is separate from the toy car's motor.

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  3. Like Austin, I am unsure how the car with the 5V wire will be able to transfer voltage from one circuit to the next. Your explanation was a bit hard to follow, but besides that good work guys.

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    1. I explained it better in the reply under Austin's. But we decided to use a separate voltage source, to ensure this wouldn't be problematic.

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