Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.
Preliminary design are finish
Analyze parts and components
Ordering parts
Accomplishments from Previous Week
Risk Reduction Presentation
Update Sponsor on our progress
Design for Carriage
Ink Pot Setup
Brush Wash Table
Figure out which programs we are going to use for DXF file conversion
Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.
Order Parts (Eric or Stephanie)
Build secondary painting table for sponsor (Team or anyone with extra time)
Cad and fabricate washing station (Greg)
Cad and fabricate new carriage (Kent/Jay)
download AceConverter, Mach3, and CutViewer and convert a simple one layer DXF with the programs as-is. (Jon/Eric)
Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Questions about paint drying on brush during drawing – we will be testing to find a consistent time between reapplication or a sensor to read the amount of ink in the brush, either method will implement an interrupt in the code.
Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Research more about G-code and Linux machine - done
Comments from Other Students in the Class (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
No comments.
Risks and Areas of Concern
· Programming: Learning curve for understanding g-code. Hopefully we will be able to implement the programs AceConverter and Mach3 in the WindowsOS as is, and make sure it works.
· Carriage: We need enough motor drivers and still be able to move the carriage along the x-y plane with all the new design
· Be able to dip and remove paint effectively without creating that huge of a mess.
· Knowing how long we can have the brushes paint before it loses the desired opacity.
Resources or Information Required but not Available
We need to know if we will be able to use the same motors with the Linux machine system. They may require a minimum voltage that is higher than the motors used in the original drawing table.
Schedule
Order parts
Collect previous year’s CAD files
Build as much of new table as we can without the parts on order
Update Gantt chart.
Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)
No amount has been spent and amount remaining is the same
Progress on Report and Webpage
Report selections is yet to be determined
Webpage internal pages will be setup by Friday
Webpage will also be up to date by Friday