Final Milestone
For my final Milestone I was able to create a metal cover for my tank allowing for a more stable ride as well as having it be a lot more protected. How it works is it is nickel plates cut into a ways to fit my tank so it does not interrupt the wheels. From their I added a battery at the center of the top plate to insure that a balance would be kept through out the tank stopping it from being tipped over. A problem I faced was having the right weight to insure that the motors where not over taxed and so i solved it by making the metal extremely thin.
Second Milestone
My second milestone was me finally being able to run my tank. I cut through the stand and attached my gear box to it. From there I added my programmed arduino which told the left or right motor to turn when the left or right bumper is pressed. A problem I faced while doing this part was the multiple false connections I made with other PS2 controllers which I solved by changing the serial baud. I found out that this was the problem after seeing that the PS2 controller only recognized certain signals so I had to switch the baud and saw that the controller and arduino was able to connect now. In the end the best part was finally seeing all of my work pay off and actually control my tank with the PS2 controller.
First Milestone
My first milestone was having my PS2 controller communicate with my arduino. This means that all inputs on my PS2 controller would show up on the serial monitor showing that in fact that my PS2 controller and receiver were connected meaning that a connection between the motors and and the arduino were possible now. An issue I face was trying to connect my controller to my receiver. My receiver would connect with other controllers blocking my own from connecting to it. After finding out that the controller and receiver were broken, a replacement of both solved the issue.
Starter Project
My starter project was the racing robot car. How the project worked was it uses an 9 volt battery to power a electric motor and from there a resistor channeled the flow the power of the 9 volt by the power and insuring that the power if the 9 volt did not over load the board. From there as the motor turned a rubber band moved the wheels allowing for the entire object move.
Comments
Excellent work