User:Garcia123/ENES100/My Work 2

Write problem/project Goal
pick a car hack try to repeat it and build on it.

My First Task
pick a hack/starting point and follow through it. Stop looking for other hacks and pick a hack that i already looked into and build on it.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
Nothing different. I decided to go with the MPGuino project

Week1 Narrative
I was looking into all the projects me and my group researched since the project is very broad. The projects I looked at were: improving the gas mileage, turning a car into a sports car, hacking the tire pressure sensor systems in cars, MPGunio, and many more. I decided I wanted a project that is hands on instead of researching codes and how to use the codes so I decided to pick the MPGuiino project.

My Second Task
Take apart a piece of a printer and do some soldering so I can get the LCD screen part out the way of the project.

Summary of actual work over second weekend
Took apart the printer component and introduced myself to soldering

Week2 Narrative
I looked for a screw driver or anything I can use to unscrew the screws off the printer component. I couldn’t find anything to use. I only found screwdrivers for bigger screws. The screws on the component are small so I wasn’t able to use them. I then made my way to my friend’s house to see if he had any screwdrivers that can unscrew the small screws on the component. Luckily he had a couple of them I can borrow. I used the screwdrivers to unscrew the screws, taking apart the component. I then searched how to solder and watched YouTube videos on how to solder.

My Third task
Get the LCD screen to work.

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

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

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

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
Nothing different. Soldered wires to the LCD screen. Connected wires to the Arduino and tried to get the screen to work.



Week4 Narrative
I watched more videos on how to solder. After I collected all the materials I needed to solder such as: Solder, newspaper, soldering iron, and wires. I then readied my workplace, clearing the table and placing newspaper on it. I then plugged in the soldering iron and soaked the sponge. Once the soldering iron was hot enough, I unplugged it. Then I soldered 5 wires onto the component. I melted solder on the soldering iron and using the melted solder, I connected 5 wires to the component. Some of the wires kept falling off when I moved it around so I had to keep re-soldering them. I then tried to follow the diagram, connecting the wires to the Arduino. I noticed one of the wires was too short and that I was missing wires. The diagram was confusing to me so I tried to follow it as best as I could. Next, I went on the Arduino website to download the software I need to use the Arduino. I then plugged the USB to the Arduino and to the laptop. Arduino worked but I was not able to use the Arduino to get the LCD screen to work.

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Car Hack 2