Diozzi

I made multipul programs for the RCX Clock so it can run at differetn times. I also helped brendon out with his program for his robot. I also accoplished making a case for the RCX. I accoplished all of my goals for this class.

12-16-08

Today I made a program to run all day and ring ten minutes before class ends to warn everyone that class is almost over and have them clean up. The Clock rang this class right on time, ten minutes before class ended.

12-9-08

How can you quickly and effectively solve problems?

I can research and solve problems very quickly if it isnt that hard of a problem. Today Mitch and I needed to find out how to make the POV print letters or immages onto it. We had found out how to do it. We just needed to go onto the forums because the webmaster didnt put the right downloads onto the website.

12-5-08

What I have accomplished:

This week I have accomplished the alarm clock program to ring ten mins before the end of every block. I also need to add to the clock program so it can work through the weekend because the program I wrote i had only made it to ring everyday. The only thing left to do with it is to set it up somewhere safe and let it run with a power suply attached to it. I have also started building the POV kit that Mitch has ordered. We will probily finish it by the end of the day. We just have to sodder everything to the board and also test it and see if we did everything right. So I have just about finished the alarm clock project and finished the build to the POV project.

What I need:

What I need for next week is to figure out the best way to program the POV and mabey get another POV to experament with. I also need to add to the clock program so it can work through the weekend because the program I wrote i had only made it to ring everyday. We also need to find a safe and secure place to put the alarm clock so it doesnt get destroyed or damaged from other people. And also activate its program at the right time.

12/4/08

Today I was able to write a program for the RCX block so that it would ring every five mins. And had the program running on the brick for the whole class. I had to write the program so that the time it wasnt ringing would be four mins fifty-eight seconds long because it would ring for two seconds so that it would be able to stay on time everytime it would ring. dan and I started to install the server for the Pro-Engineer CAD software.

12-2-08

What are your in class goals/plans for the week?

My plans for this week are to find and use a POV kit to expariment with one of those and see how they work. Durring this class I will try to get ready to use a POV because Mitch has ordered one kit. To also find out more about LED Clocks because I have not finished up with that because of how complex it is. Also try to get a LED Clock Kit because there are some available.

What have you done on your project?

I have researched a lot of stuff about LED Clocks and LED Hard Drive Clocks. I have also changed the program for the brick and now it rings for three seconds and the rings again in ten mins. I have downloaded a code for a LED Hard Drive Clock and I have read through it. It is a very complex code and i cant seem to figure out what language it is in.

What do you need to do on your project?

Get the materials and code for the LED Clock and some more research about LED clocks because they are very complex. Contact more people about the projects they have done and find the parts they used. I need to order a LED Clock kit as soon as they are avilable.

What do you need for your project?

The stuff for the LED clock and the PCB. The LED Clock kit when they are available in the next few weeks. Also try to get a Hard Drive Clock kit. There are a few of the Hard Drive Clocks that some people have made but there is only one LED Clock. I prefer the LED clock and its also much easier then the Hard Drive Clock.

Dan's Plan:

To build a working alarm clock.

Description of Plan:

Using a gutted hard drive lined with LEDs along the inside wall and a CD spinning with a slit in one side of it. Having the CD spin and make it look like a clock. I also have to build a board to be able to run the program on. It also has to be able to ring an alarm to a programed time.

Things I have:

clock face

"can use speaker to play alarm rather than metal"

Things I need:

board to have program run on

LEDs and wiring

alarm system

a body to fit everythign into

Programing: Build:

Set clock to right time has to be progamable

keep time connection to computer

keep calender components fit in case/looks nice

ring alarm display

change alarm for X block Ringing alarm

Program Prosess/goals:

1:write a program for the RCX to ring a bell unit made of legos

2:program it to ring after button is pushed

3:ring at a certian time

4:program it to keep time

5:write in school schedule to have bell ring to

6:have bell ring 10 mins before class ends

Build process:

1:have clock program working alarm system in lego RCX

2:start working away from lego parts

3:have the RCX wired to a real alarm clock

4:change lego parts to non-lego parts

5:Begin working on the hard drive:

gutting it / setting up LEDs

6:Start to wire the board to run the clock with

7:Have the clock be able to keep time

8:have it ring at a programed time

9:Have it keep the school schedule and ring when class ends

10:Have it ring 10 mins before class ends

11/20/08

I am looking into ideas that other peopole have posted on to hackaday, and are e-mailing them with questions about their projects to see if I am able to make their clock design. I have two different ones that I am looking into one that runs off a hardrive and use a CD with a slit cut into it and spins really fast with LEDs under it, the other one is a board with LEDs around it that light up as the time goes by.

Dan Diozzi

1. What was the most useful thing you learned this past term?

The creativity of the designs i made of my robots.

2. What could you personally have done to make the class operate more smoothly?

For me, work in the other room with the other people who could work easily, like Mitch, and for the class, to make everyone else be more respectfull.

3. What are you excited to learn in class?

Im excited to learn how to build things out of many different materials.

4. What community issues are important to you?

That others can help you with what your doing and u can help them.

5. What grade do you believe you deserve and why?

I think I deserve an A because i have always been cooperative and always done my work and stayed on task.

6. If this were the last meeting of the class, what positive thing would you remember?

That I could build a complicated robot out of lagos.

Mitch Watts

1. What was the most useful thing you learned this past term

I learned that you can connect anything that is run electronicaly by chaining

them togeather with metal contacts that you can make yourtself.

2. What could you personally have done to make the class operate more smoothly?

I could have tried to help more people once my robot was done instead of just trying to

make my robot look cooler.

3. What are you excited to learn in class?

the ablility to make componets that didnt exsists before.

4. What community issues are important to you?

the ability for everyone to stay on the task at hand and not get distracted.

5. What grade do you believe you deserve and why?

A, because i have met all goals of the class and have understood everything that is happening.

6. If this were the last meeting of the class, what positive thing would you remember?

blowing up the cataplult and building it better.

Make a plan of what needs to be changed on your robot:

We have to make the winch to be able to coil the string better and have it release quicker.

What our Bot does:

Our Bot always moves forward unless the touch sensor is hit and then it would go in reverse for one and a half seconds and then turns around, stops and fires the catapault, then it moves forward again.

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