User:Mcyr1793/enes100/my work3x3

Write problem/project Goal
My goal for this project is to make A Power Resistor Tester.

My First Task
I am going to continue working on the circuit. I need to get a 35 ohm pot from somewhere. I also need to attach the mosfets to the circuit.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
I am hooking up materials in the circuit.

Week1 Narrative
So far the 2k ohm pot and the 5k ohm pot are connected to the bread board with the 2.4 ohms resister, and the 2k ohms resister. The resisters are then connected to the power resisters and those to the meter.

My Second Task
Work on the circuit. Get correct potentiometers.

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
Currently i am trying to make ends meet with this project. I am having difficulty arranging this circuit without all the parts needed.

Week3 Narrative
I managed to find a substitute for the 35 ohm potentiometer. I will try and incorporate a resistor in its place and see what happens. I have the other pots left and am currently starting to put on the mosfets. I'll have to include another bread board because the one I am using is a little small. It will be a challenge to fit both of them onto the wooden plank I have set up in the metal enclosure. (Note to self: be sure to leave enough room in the metal enclosure to fit a larger bread board).

My Fourth task
If everything is completed that needs to be completed this week. I hope to try and test the power resistor tester.

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
In order to get further along in this project i referenced on how to read particular symbols on a circuit. I got further along in the circuit; I probably won't finish in time to test it. That is what the next group will hopefully end up doing.

Week4 Narrative
I pretty much spent my time looking up how this particular circuit works with the components in this project. The current is being reduced and maximized. It is being transformed into AC from DC and DC to AC. It is being converted from positive to negative and negative to positive current. This is all happening on the pre made board (first two photos).

I still have yet to look more into how this pre made board will hook up to the circuit that i have started to make. The current will probably start out on the pre-made circuit and flow over to my circuit.

More research and referencing should be done for this.

Here is are some links that will discuss how each object within the circuit functions, and what it functions as.

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/voltmods/21 (mosfets) http://sound.westhost.com/pots.htm (potentiometers/knobs) http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/resistor/res_7.html (power/resistors) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_sink (heat sink)

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).