Week 8- Journal

Writing the code:

1- importing the "LiquidCrystal_I2C" library to control the LCD display with the I2 module connection

2- initialize an instance of the lcd class to begin controlling the LCD different features

3- declaring integers team1 and team2 to store the teams results

4- declaring integer buzzer to store the buzzer pin number

5- inside the setup function:

• declaring the buzzer pin as an output pin

• initializing the serial communication to begin receiving data through it

• turning the LCD display on, and printing team 1 and team 2 on it for recording their scores lately

6- inside the loop function:

• initializing the buzzer output value to zero, so it doesn't produce any voice unless a specific serial data is sent to the loop

• reading the serial data in a variable of type character

• testing the read value from the serial communication and perform different actions according to its value

Wiring and testing the device functionality

This week we had a Hackathon at the "end of the week" session, so the teamwork was the motto of this week. In a team of three, we had contributed to build a simple robotic arm that is controlled via Bluetooth communication. For me, I had contributed in writing the code for controlling the arm, and my teammates had contributed in integrating the arm parts and wiring the electronic components to the Arduino.

At the Hackathon we got stuck at integrating the robotic arm part with the servo motors, and Amany - the instructor- had helped us in integrating it properly

Despite that my final project doesn't contains wireless communication, I'm now thinking about adding a wireless controlling mode to the final project as a "nice to have" feature, to make it works with different options of communication

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