Finally. Some progress!
Categories: Feral Robots Blog
After several days of panic attacks, the wiring boards just came on my doorstep on Monday afternoon. One worry down. Now what do I do!? The board itself is pretty intimidating. All these pins sticking out of it and no clue how it’s going to be attached onto our robots, our sensors. Whatever!
Michael and I went through the sensor again. With the help of my electrical engineering roommates they were able to deduce and simplify the hookup for the TGS822 Figaro sensor. We got it working. So that’s good and through.
Without a servo, and without the sensor we really wanted, we kind of have no choice but to turn our dog into yet another breathalizer. Abandon the truck as transportation idea because DC motors don’t work well with the board (oh well) and just focus on getting the sensor device to interact with Robopet. At the very least, I want to get that down.
I’ll be meeting with the girls later today (wednesday). We’re going to work together so we can benefit each other. 50 hours remaining to presentation. Objectives:
- Complete a Written Dog Tag for our Project
- Using a Digital Camera, Take Snapshots of the Finalized Dog and Group Members
- Solder the Figaro Sensor Together
- Program the Wiring Board
- Connect Wiring Board to Sensor and Robopet
