User:Vonzere4071/enes100/robotcar

Write problem/project Goal
the goal is to make the car autonomous and also aware of its soroundings

My First Task
i will find out what the last team did on the car and prepare for the next step.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
i went to the last teams project page and read their work http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Robot_car/Howard_Community_College/Fall2012/p1-503-mcf

Week1 Narrative
i found out how much the last team did on the car//http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Robot_car/Howard_Community_College/Fall2012/p1-503-mcf

My Second Task
i will look come up with ways to make the wheel car have variable speed and not just constant speed....i am going to do a arduino tutorial and learn enough about the arduino so i can work with it properly and efficiently//http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCxzA9_kg6s

Summary of actual work over second weekend
i read the tutorial on how to control a stepper motor using an arduino and use what i learn to finish my work

Week2 Narrative
i downloaded arduino software to my home computer and connect the steper motor to it ...but i could not get the motor to move..i also was missing some supplies ..i used the step by step instructions on this page.//http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Arduino/ESC_Programming

My Third task
i will continue to look for any mistakes that i am making or any mistakes in the program in order to make the motor have variable speed i will use this.//http://www.google.com/imgres?q=potentiometer&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1280&bih=968&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=rzsbvSMyIpS0IM:&imgrefurl=http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Potentiometer&docid=uYash4uxDQWStM&imgurl=http://arduino.cc/en/uploads/Tutorial/potentiometer.jpg&w=500&h=377&ei=w4aSUOyeLfLF0AGJ74DICw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=204&vpy=452&dur=1036&hovh=195&hovw=259&tx=162&ty=108&sig=117921307888734347106&page=1&tbnh=152&tbnw=230&start=0&ndsp=26&ved=1t:429,i:173

Summary of actual work over third weekend
this weekend i looked up the materials ill need to make my motor have variable speeds...i will need a 12volt power supply everything else i already have

Week3 Narrative
i connected all the materials i had for my motor together..downloaded the program to make the motor have variable speed ..i just need a 12 volt batterie and my project will be finished

My Fourth task
' i will get a 12 volt batterie and connect it to the motor...

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
i forcused on the problems that i was having on the arduino

Week4 Narrative
the arduino is not reading the program i put into it, to make the stepper motor move in various speeds. also the if i get the arduino to read the program a 2k ohm resister will be needed when the stepper is connected to the 12volt power supply



Complete Team Page
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Robot_car/Howard_Community_College/Fall2012/p2-503-SMJVS