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Matthew Guenette - Design Notebook

Digitization of physical notebook coming soon...

9/07/2011 Meetings will be Fridays from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Possible Design Protocols:

Use RC Car as base. (motor driving rear wheels, basic steering control)

-Autonomous function?

  +complete a task
  +Arm with gripper
  +Paintball gun

-Web cam possible for user control -basic obstacle avoidance -Navigate a route

9/28/2011 Made block diagram

Webcam options:

  +Run through board
  +separate interface
  +Run to micro-controller boards (one for cameras, one for driving

11/01/2011 VIP meeting

-Design presentation next week -WiFi interface

Website Design Csharp v Java

Disassembled Tank

  -ridiculously simple

Tank controller

 No variable speed

each control lever is actually a SPDT switch -if necessary, connect microcontroller to remote, quite simple

fixed broken controller

11/04/2011 Metting

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