User:MauryMartinez/ENES-100/project 1

Week0 Preferences
1. Tribot 2. Music 3.Combolock

Week1 Narrative
Was able to gather some information on the tribot's head mechanism, such as the LED light on the top of the head and the ones on it's eyes and mouth. As well as the moving parts of the face (eyebrows & ears.) All of this parts are connected to a circuit board inside the head that is then connected to the Arduino in order for this parts to become functional. Was not able to obtain much information but looking forward to personally examine the face of the tribot and come up with more helpful information about its functionality.

0/5/0 ... some communication on canvas ... --1sfoerster (discuss • contribs) 19:02, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Week2 Narrative
This weekend I worked on trying to make tribot #2 functional. I Downloaded and installed the Arduino Software into my computer and plug in all the cables in the right order on the Arduino according to the Motor test



My computer however was not able to read the Arduino Dueilanove, therefore not allowing me to even upload the right program into the tribot I brought home with me for the weekend. I did accomplish to install the program on tribot #3, although this particular tribot WAS already working, I wanted to make sure I was using the program correctly and that my computer was actually reading any Arduino. This part of the project turned out to be successful, as the tribot did functioned properly after the program was uploaded.

Another difficult I encounter this weekend was the was the battery power line (thick red and black wires) on the This cables had not been spliced with the blue and black as the one shown on  of previous documentation, therefore  was traveling into the Arduino, preventing it from powering on. I was also held back by the lack of a on the tribot's head switch cable, which did not allowed the tribot to power on or off.

"my computer was not able to read the Arduino Dueilanvoe" indicates frustration. Good. But need more detail. Right now it just communicates pain. It does not start a troubleshooting conversation.
 * "I did install the program on tribot #3" ... how can you if the computer was not able to read? ... what program? ... your words are causing more questions ... why would you try to install a program in something that was already working ... it could be still working because you failed ...
 * How could the robot work if the power lines are not "spliced" ... we have lots of resistors
 * In general, you need an editor. Find one.
 * 10/5/0 --1sfoerster (discuss • contribs) 15:48, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Week3 Narrative
I continued working with tribot #2, my task was to make this tribot work. I stared by splicing the battery power line (red & black cables) with a blue and a black cable going up, to power up the Arduino. At the opposite ends of the blue and the black cables, a lead was connected to plug into a specific pin on the arduino. Once the cables were spliced and the leads were added to each one, I plugged the cables to the assigned pins, then I tested to see if it worked by pushing the ON button on the tribot, this made the green LED light on the Arduino power on, proving that the splicing of the cables was a success. After this was done I worked on the head switch cables. I spliced on of the two white cables with a resistor and with an extra white cable, which was plugged into pin #3 on the Arduino as previous documentation suggested. The remaining white cable from the head switch was connected to the “5 volts” pin on the Arduino. However due to the lack of experience and materials, I was not able to soldered the spliced cables or leads together, I was only able joined them by carefully twisting the cables together. Once all of this was done, the motor test was installed into the Arduino and all of the ribbon cable leads were plugged into the right pins, I turned on the tribot and pushed it’s head down, the tribot worked perfectly as shown on the following video: Tribot Demo Test



excellent ... pull the graphics into the standard format when you publish on the team page ... use the gallery tag ... 10/10/25 --1sfoerster (discuss • contribs) 15:29, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Week4 Narrative
This weekend, my job was to create and link a page that describes in detail the process of the cable harnessing. I then linked this page under the implement section of my team's page (I have not added all the information gather from previous documentations). I used pictures from past documentation as well as pictures of my own. I also added a video of a working tribot under "Demo".

10/10/20 .. finish your cable harness page with pictures going sideways ... start with the gallery, then add narrative underneath, don't put links in twice, let people click on the pictures if they want more detail ... I liked your demo addition ... --1sfoerster (discuss • contribs) 16:19, 11 March 2014 (UTC)