By Mustafa Alkhulaitit – Project Manager Another minor upgrade that will be applied to the heat bed is what’s called “three point leveling”. The previous heat bed had what people uses on their 3D printers. The most common method used on heat beds is the four point leveling, which is simply having four bolts on […]
By Mustafa Alkhulaitit – Project Manager The heat bed as mentioned in a previous blog post is remaining the same, except for minor upgrades. This blog post is going to cover the upgrades and work done on the heat bed. The first thing was changing the insulation material used in the original design. The insulation […]
By Mustafa Alkhulaitit – Project Manager and Gregorios Rios – 3S modeling This a follow up to the previous blog posted. In this blog, I will be discussing in details how I got the LCD controller to work. As mentioned before, there were multiple issues associated with the LCD panel. This blog will be broken into […]
By Vinh-Khoa Ton, Control and Image Processing The purpose of experiment is to become familiar with the way an Android phone communicates with an Arduino board using MicroBridge, an Android Debug Bridge (ADB) implementation for microcontrollers. [Insert Android-Arduino.jpeg] How it works: The ADB protocol can either create a new shell or use the existing shell […]
By Kevin Huynh, Project Manager / Computer Systems and Software Objective: The first test will verify whether or not the servos used will be protected from drawing too much current when they stall. The current level that will be considered dangerous for the Power HD 1501MG servo is the stall current listed in the datasheet (2.3 A […]
By Tommy Sanchez This guide will help you start communicating between your robot and an android phone. The topics covered are: how to connect your phone to the Arduino, the communication from phone to Arduino for commands for your robot, and communication from the Arduino to the phone for telemetry. Make sure to view the […]
By Vinh Kim, 3D Modeling and Manufacturing Introduction: Using SolidWorks, the Rover project manager Maxwell had requested me to design him a servo and mirror holder. Figure 1: Servo holder Figure 2: Mirror Figure 3: Servo holder and mirror with cell phone.
By Vinh Kim, 3D Modeling and Manufacturing Introduction: To print out 3D materials, the Manufacturing Division Manager Ali Etezadkhah will provide his own 3D printer that can print 5 by 8 in parts. In some cases, the 3D printer cannot print larger parts because its size is too small. In order to cut down the […]
Experiment Conducted by: Matthew Clegg (Controls – Spiderbot), Elaine Doan (Systems Engineering Division), and Kristine Abatay(Project Manager – Spiderbot) Test Setup written by: Matthew Clegg and Kristine Abatay Discussion and Results written by: Elaine Doan A test will be performed in attempt to find the current the Power HD High Torque Servo 1501 MG consumes […]
Figure 1: Circuit (Voltage showed on voltage meter will be equivalent to current draw from the servo) By Tien Dang Objective: For the Hexapod project, one of requirement is to determine the maximum current and to make sure the battery provide enough power for 18 servos to be run simultaneously and safely. Servo Current: In […]