User:Jromanch0088/enes100/My Work Heli3

Write problem/project Goal
To build a quad copter controlled autonomously by the arduino

My First Task
I am going to continue testing the see saw as well as get the wireless hooked up for the arduino.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
I have gotten the see saw working consistently, I have looked into designs for the actual quad copter, and I have started messing with the bluetooth.

Dual Lift Test
In the dual lift test I attached two motors to a block of wood in order to see how much lift I could achieve from two propellers spinning at once. I drilled two holes for the motors, attached the motors to the block of wood with the X section, hooked up all the wires, then ran them all to an arduino. When we first ran a program we did not put propellers on because we were not sure what the program would do. This turned out to be a good idea This was because after testing, the motor with the pink electrical tape started sparking, something was grinding in the motor. This stopped all further testing of the dual lift test because instead of putting another motor on I decided to put it on the see saw which is explained in full detail in the next section.

See Saw
The see saw is a very useful tool we use to test out how to sync the motors up and try to achieve balance of the motors. What I did was assemble the whole see saw. The first step was to get the motors attached. This was done by drilling a hole 18 inches from the center of the see saw on both sides and then around that hole four more smaller holes were drilled in a square pattern. These holes were made so the motors shaft could go in the center hole, and the X bracket for the four holes so I could secure the motor in place without spitting the wood on the see saw. The motor was then attache by screwing it on by the four different bracket holes. This was done on both sides. After they both were secured, the arduino was added to the middle of the see saw by attaching two rubber bands to it so we could easily take it off for programming. After this the ESCs were hooked up to the motors. Then the ESCs hooked up to the arduino. Originally the ESCs were hooked up to the arduino by breadboards and then we twisted wires together, and finally I soldered them together to make the see saw less messy. The ESC power cables were hooked up by alligator clips at first. We then tried just twisting them together and that worked much worse than the aligator clips and finally I soldered them together with a triple wire solder and one open wire for easy connection to the power supplies. We also put the gyro accelerometer on the see saw. It was hooked up but we did not understand enough about it to be able to make a program that could control the motors by tilting the see saw.

First Assembly of The See Saw

Bluetooth
I have gotten the bluetooth device in and I have soldered the pins into it so we can use a breadboard. I have done brief research on how to get it working and what I have gotten so far is that i need an antenna listed here Antenna. The wiring schematics are here Wiring. The details of hooking up the bluetooth to the pc is found here tutorial. But i found a more useful tutorial here Other tutorial this one worked because this had the correct pairing code. The paring code is "1234". not "default" like the other tutorial said.

My Second Task
Get the bluetooth working for the arduino, and get the rest of the youtube videos uploaded (I was having problems uploading them).

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

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

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

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
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 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).