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Ideation
Ideation
Tell us about your assignment's idea for this week. Why do you care about this idea? What inspired you? (Please include images or links to sources of inspiration)
Tell us about your assignment's idea for this week. Why do you care about this idea? What inspired you? (Please include images or links to sources of inspiration)
Little motor by cam and follower feet
I wanted to create a mini robot like the one in the video. Just as a funny little thing that you can make movements and colorful lights easily with.
Tool Chain
Tool Chain
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
A mobile app that sends data to the Arduino through bluetooth
Arduino IDE to program the board
Fritzing for drawing the schematic
Components used
Components used
Bluetooth module
Arduino Uno
DC motor
220, 1000 ohm resistors
Single channel relay
RGB LED
Wiring the actual components
Design/Preparation Process
Design/Preparation Process
Explain the design and/or preparation process of your assignment. How did you use the tool or software to design and/or prepare your assignment before fabrication/implementation?
Explain the design and/or preparation process of your assignment. How did you use the tool or software to design and/or prepare your assignment before fabrication/implementation?
Full circuit schematic
Action components:
Action components:
DC motor
RGB led
Test.mp4Test of full system
Development/Implementation Process
Development/Implementation Process
Explain the development/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?
Explain the development/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?
Defining a variable for each of the outputs
Setting the pinmode and turning everything off at the start of the code
Circuit implementation
Chaning the state of each of the output pins based on the data the Arduino receives from the Bluetooth module in a nested if.
Overcoming Challenges
Overcoming Challenges
When you got stuck, what/who did you turn to? At what point did you have to pause to research or learn more before moving on? What are some mistakes, pitfalls, or challenges that others can avoid if they were doing this assignment?
When you got stuck, what/who did you turn to? At what point did you have to pause to research or learn more before moving on? What are some mistakes, pitfalls, or challenges that others can avoid if they were doing this assignment?
I first tried powering the motor directly from the Arduino. ستر ربنا it didn't work, I guess it is because the motor was trying to consume a greater current than that the Arduino can provide. I searched again for the relay connection and rewired the motor to get its signal from the relay as an intermediary and it -surprisingly- worked!
I asked the instructor in the random review about the weird behaviour, Asker explained that the technical problem was that the Arduino can't directly provide the motor with a high current. That's why we need the relay as an intermediary, it receives a small current from the Arduino and allows out a big enough signal to power the motor.
Assignment Design Files
Assignment Design Files
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