In class, we presented our powerpoint and did a practice speech in front of the class. It was difficult to do a presentation on our project because it is not fully complete. However, once we have our completed product, the presentation will be refined and we will know exactly what is going in it. Later in the day, we worked on transferring the circuit from the breadboard to a more permanent board with soldering. We had to transfer each wire one-by-one and keep testing it to make sure that it worked. We managed to transfer the circuit over to the other board and have a working product. All we have to do now is solder the wires and make it more permanent.
Love, Tyler Ignacio Columbia Las Vegas
Blog 29: Transferring the Arduino… Again
May 17, 2010Blog 28: Halleluiah
May 14, 2010Today we finally fixed our arduino circuit. We realized that it wasn’t working correctly on the white board because the battery powering the arduino itself was almost dead. The configuration on the brown board was still all messed up so we decided to leave it on the white one. Once we can place the actual arduino circuit in a case or box to protect it in the parking structure, our light system will be a major success. When it is connected correctly, the programing of the arduino allows our warning light to flash multiple times which makes it more effective as a warning light. Team Kohara is up to date and will be ready for presentation domination on tuesday night. Our powerpoint is almost complete, once we add in a few more things it will be ready for fridays in class presentation.
~Love Kurt Ignacio Puerto Rico
Blog 27: Restarting the Arduino
May 13, 2010Today, we got fed up with the circuit that was soldered onto the board. Instead of trying to get it to work with that, we tried wiring it to the breadboard again. However, after spending a couple of hours working on it, we could not get the Arduino to work. This process is very frustrating, and hopefully we can get it to work by tomorrow. If we can get it to work on the breadboard, we are just going to leave it on there and incorporate it into our project.
Love, Tyler Ignacio
Blog 26: Arduino Migraine
May 12, 2010We continue to have problems connecting the Arduino board circuit. After getting it to work at the end of the day on Monday (5/10/10), we began to solder the wires together on the new board that Mr. Kohara provided for us. However, Before soldering, we tested the circuit again, and noticed that it, once again, did not work.
We continued to adjust the wiring, got it to work again on Yesterday (5/11/10) and then once more, it wouldn’t work at the end of the day.
Team Kohara is continuing to figure out exactly what is wrong with the set-up of our Arduino board. The process is extremely frustrating!!!
Britt I. Barnes
Blog 25 Even more Arduino headache
May 11, 2010Today our team spent a total of three full periods trying to hook up our light, the big red one, to the arduino and make it flash five times then stop. This was a very difficult thing to do. Doc and Mr. Kohara came to help us with the setup. We eventually got our light to flash but we knew that there was still a lot of work to be done.
Periods 7 and 8 were the most crucial. We hooked up the arduino to the other board and transfered all of the wires, resistors, and diodes. After many trials and tribulations, we finally got the light to blink once again with the new setup. Now all that’s left to do is to install it in our system and our product should be flawless!!!
-Brennan Ignacio
Blog 24: More Arduino Headache
May 10, 2010On Friday, we spent the majority of our time working with the Arduino boards. We could get the light to light up, but it would not blink like before. We tried wiring it multiple times, and we even took it to Doc to try and fix, but nothing worked. We worked on it for multiple periods, but we didn’t have any luck. Fortunately, we got the mirror part of our project installed. However, without the Arduino board, the sensor will only light up for a half second. If we can use the relay as a switch and make the light blink, then our project will be complete.
Blog 23: Arduino Headache
May 10, 2010Today in class the arduino caused us much problems. We spent the entire period building different circuits like in the picture shown below but for some reason we could figure out how to get them to work. According to the diagrams we followed, we had everything hooked up correctly but for some reason when we attached it to a battery or computer it didnt work. The arduino board lit up but we could get the led light or motor to work. The wiring and circuit is pretty complicated, but it we can get it to work like how it was on the first day, then our circuit will run smoothly. When attached to our warning light we can get it to illuminate for so many seconds depending on the programing.
Blog 22: Arduino Kinks
May 6, 2010Today, we continued to work on connecting and downing the software on to the arduino board. While Tyler, Kurt, and Brennan tried to figure out the correct connections of the apparatus, I decided to do a little more work on our group presentation and begin work on our final paper.
Figuring out how to function the arduino board has been quite difficult so far, but hopefully everything can be hooked-up and the software, downloaded, by the end of today.
After putting the parts of the arduino board together, all we need to do is connect the device to our light signal circuit and Team Kohara’s Light Signal Device will be fully loaded :]
Blog 21: Arduino
May 5, 2010Today, we worked on an arduino board. This will allow us to have a blinking light on a timer as opposed to the light just going on when someone rolls over the hose. We worked on getting one blinking light to work, but we need different resistors and whatnot to do more complicated circuits, such as for our project. We also need to download software and install it onto the arduino board. Hopefully, we can complete it by Friday, but once we have an understanding the board, it will be easier to connect a timer and a relay so that we can get the light blinking for longer than .5 seconds.
love, Tyler Ignacio Jalapeno Villanueva IV
Blog 20: New Improvements
May 4, 2010Today in class in class Brennan and I tried to figure out how to get a timer for the light so that it stays on longer or flashes longer. As of right now, the light only illuminates when a car run over the hose, but it is only lit for a split second when the circuit is closed from the air pressure hose. We tried to think of a way to keep it illuminated longer, and we went to get help from the Coach Doc Inouye. The said that a possibility is attaching a relay switch to the current circuit, and attaching a timer switch to the relay. Doing this is very possible it is just a matter of finding the right relay and timer. We found a couple possible relays at radio shack, the only problem is that this will make our circuit much more complicated and finding a way to make it work will be much harder. Once we get this new part of the circuit installed everything will run great.
~Love Kurt Ignacio
