Author Archives: mattism

Here is the state diagram that will help us to write the code for our robot. This is all the robot could possibly have to do to find the flame. The numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 refer to the … Continue reading →

This week I completed my arena that I will use to test our robot. First, I was going to set up the arena in the hall of our CS department, but have it be collapsable so I could put it … Continue reading →

I went to the Valu Home Center and bought many sheets of styrofoam board in order to build the environment. I also bought a dowel rod to make furniture. I got white tape to mark where the doorways are in … Continue reading →

I finally got all the bugs worked out of my R/C car chassis setup and it moves! I played around a little bit with the Plumbing code, but it’s still not working when the button is pressed. I received a … Continue reading →

This week, everything that could go wrong for me, did. I got the transistor and diode I needed to build the Frankenshteen car, but I had the wrong resistor. I guess that’s not that big of a deal. I soldered … Continue reading →

One thing I did this week was test our LM335 temperature sensor in an environment where we knew the temperature. That way we could see how accurate the LM335 is. First, I need to get my circuit to work correctly. … Continue reading →

Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io Last week I ventured to my high school to use a gizmo called the LoggerPro by Vernier. I wanted to see what kind of temperature change I could detect and how close to the … Continue reading →