User:Jjenkins1028/wind turbine

Write problem/project Goal
The teams goal main goals is to use the wind turbine to recharge an AAA battery. We would generate the wind by a leave blower or use natural wind. In the process of our main goals we would start the battery near 0 voltage and see how much charge we can get into it with the wind turbine mounted to a skateboard. We plan as well to take up where the last group left with the programming and accuracy of the turbine.

My First Task
Plan step by step how we are going to approach each aspect of the project.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
During week the team and I decided to improve on the wind turbine to better adjust our problem statement. We cut of part of the wooden back and attached in to Adam skate board. Then we tested the amount of wind it could take going down a hill. I took video shots and edited them to fit on wikiversity.



Week1 Narrative
Last week the team decided to test the strength and power of the turbine. We attached the turbine to Adam's skate board by unscrewing the hengens of the wheels and then re attaching it with the wind turbine. After that we walked to a large hill on campus and test the amount of resistance the turbine could take. The wind pressure was so great that it even made the connected LED to light up! Over the weekend much editing and planning had to go into the next few weeks. Wikiversity doesn't take videos just from the phone so I had to edit the videos to place on wikiversity. What our team could do is leave the skate board idea as a side project or the idea that creates the wind for the turbine and focus more on the software part of the design. The team before us had an idea that almost worked but they ran out of time. We are going to improver there I idea. I as well reviewed what the last did with the turbine.

My Second Task
Improve on what the last team started on.

Summary of actual work over second weekend
This week was shorten because of the thanksgiving break. My team mates and I only met on Monday in class and briefly talked on the phone about the project. So far our goal is to improve and go further than the other team had done. This week I tried to improve the ardunio program and talk over with the team on different aspects of the project like how to create wind for the turbine.

Week2 Narrative
This week we only had one day in class and one day to work out of class before the break. The last team had some problems with the Arduino getting the display to show correctly and other things like that so what one of my team mates and I did was sit down with some of the last team member that worked on the Arduino and tried to figure out where the problem was and could be fixed. Working with Lucus from the last group we found out the the Arduino was displaying the incorrect values as it read or measured. We found some other problems as well that we fixed but because the time in class was short we all decided to pick up adjusting when we get back to class. As the break approached I tried to go in on Tuesday and adjust the Arduino, Adam had the turbine so I could not test it on the our project but only on the Arduino. For the rest of the weekend I placed the remaining pictures and video we did during this week and last week on my page to be able to transfer over to the team page.



My Third task
Finish and fix the programing of the software.

Summary of actual work over third weekend
This week the team was able to adjust the programing from the last group who worked on the wind turbine. After adjusting the programming we tested the functionality of the programming with the leave blower. This weekend I started creating the poster and decision tree for the team page.



Week3 Narrative
This past week the team was able to fix the old team's program. The program was working except it needed a few adjustments to fit our problem statement. With Mr. Elden's help we able to create a equation that we could try and configure to the old team's arduino. We had to adjust some of our equation because of the different batteries we decided to use. After that we were able to configure it the programing and the program works perfect. Then we decided for the rest of the class to test the programming with the leave blower. The program read the correct readings and next week we should be able to test it on the skate board and maybe car. We also have to test how much wind power is necessary to fix our different ideas like re-charging a battery. We assume that the wind energy from the the skate board will be able to re-charge the battery. This weekend we each decided to work on our team page and improve our user page. Then we each divided up what still needs to be done with the project I decided to create the poster and decision tree while the other two team members would do more testing an put the refine arduino program on our team page for other groups to use in the future. On Thursday the team relized that the some of the wind from the leave blower was being blocked out by the siraphome wedge we had place early in design process. We had that there to stop the funnel from falling off from test. We then took a knife and cut down the siraphome to let more wind blow through. We have concluded that the leave blower gives a good amount of energy but we need to wire it to the battery and try it next week. The team is sure though that the leave blower will be power full enough to do the job, we might be able to use more wind(like the skate board) to power something even more powerful than the battery. We are going to create a chart with the exact power measures for examples like the leave blower and skate board. The poster and decision tree need to be reviewed by other two team mates on Monday and then it can be placed on the Team page.



My Fourth task
Finish the final testing of our project.

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
This weekend I helped improve on the decision matrix and updating the team page for the final grade of the semester.

Week4 Narrative
This week the team presented our project to the class. The project went well except we were not able to show the program as quickly as we could. During our presentation the program was not coming up until we played around with it. After our presentation we made a note on the team page about checking the program before using it. I had finished the poster and decision tree and my other to team mates check it and improve what needed to be improved on it then they summit-ed back to me and I placed them on my page.

Complete Team Page
Fill out the Team Form (should have already copied the form, created the team page, linked to it and started filling it out).