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Team Blog #12

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Blog 1/29/2020

 Progress for this week:
Controls Team:
The controls team plans on presenting a functioning app thjat can be downloaded on an iPhone. As a contingency plan, a wifi module will be used in case the Arduino to the iOS app has any problems. An app called BLExAR will also be a plan Z, just in case the iOS app doesn't work at all, as seen in Figure 1.

Figure 1. BLExAR

Guideway Team:
The guideway team will continue finalizing the designs for the track. The base and stands will continue to stay the same, but water jetting the pieces of the track is a first priority. The y-switch and y-junction are a crucial aspect to the guide-way. After testing of the track is made, the guide way team plans to incorporate the y-switch at the top to see how it will affect the overall project. In case the y-junction designed by this year does not work, there is always Bill James' model to look towards too. He has a functioning y-junction as seen in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Bill James' functioning small scale y-junction.

Bogie Team:
Plans to use the 3-D printer to make the bogie are starting as seen in Figure 3. There will be two bogies created soon, with each piece of the bogie snapping together to make assembly easier. The overall bogie and pod will look something like Figure 4.
Figure 3. Bogie being printed.
Figure 4. Bogie and pod Assembled

Plans for Next Week:
The controls team plans to hash out whatever progress can be made on the app and controls. The bogie team will begin printing out parts of the bogie or pod using the 3-D printer provided in the Superway building, while the guide way team will go to Makerspace to water-jet cut the piece of the track using plywood.

Written By:
Justin Ghieuw
January 29th, 2020

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