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Blog 11/14/2019

 Progress for this week:
Controls
This week the controls team continued learning about hoe to integrate the BLE into the the project. This consisted of watching many videos and reading several indepth tutorials. It should not take much longer to be abel to successfully integrate the BLE into the iOS app. Another task which the team has been working on is testing the new stepper motor that arrived. From the testing that was done, it was concluded that modifications may have to be made to either the code or the circuit to properly use the driver board.

 Guideway Team
The Small Scale Guideway Group focused on modifying parts of the track to fit the required dimensions. The overall size of the track will be 96 inches long and 48 inches wide. Straight parts of thr track will be in increments of 16 inches while the curved parts will be modified to adjust for the inner and outter curvature of the track. Overall, the model will consist of pieces that will fit onto one another using a layered cake design. Each piece will be overlapping one another and then snapped together using a connection that can be easily removed.

The CAD models for each piece of the track are currently being constructed, with hopes that we will be able to waterjet the pieces using 0.5 inch thick plywood from the Superway building at the Makerspace. If the plywood does not stay consistent, we may look further into buying a higher quality grade of plywood, such as multi-plywood, or using other techniques such as laser jet cutting.

 Plans for next week:
Over the weekend the team will get together to make further progress on the project and to organize the next team presentation for the class. By next week the small scale team should have successfully implemented the BLE into swift and the guideway team will be starting on fabrication.

 Written By:
Lissette Romero
11.14.19

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