User:2jjones/enes100/Mywork

Hovercraft team page

Write problem/project Goal
To create a hovercraft.

My First Task
Create various possible prototypes using design software.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

I planned to make multiple prototypes of hovercraft without much problem. However, I spent most of the weekend instead learning to use 123d so that I could have a full understanding of the software package.

Week1 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

Over the weekend I used 123d to design a prototype of a hovercraft to fulfill our needs in the project. I looked a various other hovercrafts to gain some understanding of the design and added many of my own elements. I created components of the craft to assist with being able to operate autonomously as well as weight distribution, steering, and air manipulation. After combing over sketches and blueprints of various components by engineers and enthusiasts alike I created my idea of the ideal hovercraft for my team.



My Second Task
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the second weekend.

Over the second weekend it will be my responisibility to edit and manage the team page and its information.

Summary of actual work over second weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

There wasn't as much work involved in my responsibilities as I thought so I had to push forward in the project to stay busy.

Week2 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

Analyzed and learned Lego NXT software used with the brick device. Equipped the NXT light sensor to the brick and ran the software package. Learned how the software package analyzes and distributes data. Found the pin layout for the light sensor and which wires correspond to which function.

My Third task
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the third weekend.

My Job over this weekend will be to figure out how to wire the NXT light sensor to the hovercraft so that a brick does not need to be incorporated in the design.

Summary of actual work over third weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

I did exactly what I had planned to do over the weekend. However, there was issues which made me take different approaches. For example, there was issues with the software which made it difficult to get the light sensor running.

Week3 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

cut and stripped the wires from the NXT light sensor so that they can be wired to the arduino instead of the brick.

soldered on solid wires to the NXT copper wire to promote connectivity.

Researched Wire layouts for NXT light sensor with the arduino board and tested all of them.

Tried to find the software that works with the NXT light sensor so that data can be read from it.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BxyfxaESXW81ckZhTm45Qi1TMEtKSTUyZ25oSzhTdw https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BxyfxaESXW81T0UtcDd6d2dRUktfZmk5SzNRbjNIQQ

My Fourth task
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the final weekend of project work.

During the final week of the project my goal is to equip the light sensors and the arduino to the motors so that they can operate together.

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

Week4 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

Complete Project Page
Follow the "project done" format.