Operate - Programming

Operate - to control the functioning of the system ...

 

This is the program which our team member, Darryl, created. This program help starts the car to move to and fro to collect the cans. This program also help us to control the timings. 

Which includes:

• The time of the car moving forward
•  The time of the car stopping to capture the can, 
• The time of the arm rotating downwards,
• The time of the car moving backwards and lastly, 
• The time of the arm rotating upwards to release the can.

This cycle will repeat itself . That was the first program we used. 

On 14th Aug 2013, it was the day we were all waiting for. The day that marked the deadline of this project than we have worked on for 2 months; the day that we can all put an end to everything done; the challenge. 

On that day we decided to meet earlier at 8:30am though the challenge start at 10. We wanted to try out our program, but the program doesn't seemed to work properly. We thought the car was not moving the way we wanted it to be. The arm actually rotated all the way downwards, which is not the way we wanted. So Darryl altered the program a bit. He edit the timing so that when the arm is rotating downwards, the lowest it can go is to the floor and not anything more than that. 

After so much hard work contributed by each and everyone in our group, which included the Programmer, the Manufacturers, the AutoCAD Designer and the Bloggger, our hard work finally paid off and are proud to present our cancan-challenge! 

 

 









Thanks to the mechanism which helped us collected 8 cans in 2 mins! Even though in the end our mechanism only managed to get 8 cans out if the 3 tries, but the process was all that mattered. Through this project, we learnt many little things that actually added up to a lot. Besides the technical knowledge learnt through the task that we are assigned to do individually, we have also learn some non-technical values which are not taught in classes. For instance, we learn to work as a team, to communicate and discuss on how we can make improvement, and most importantly to determine and persevere to the end.

This project is really a great experience, we of us had fun together. We want to thank everyone who gets involved in this project. Thank You!