Week 3: Working with Breadboard Circuits

LEDs light up as the microcontroller reads instructions from file

To gain an understanding of how circuits work, the team built a simple circuit using the Breadboard to operate LEDs. The circuit works by reading a stimulus file from the computer and operating the LEDs based on the trials in that stimulus file. This test will help the team to determine the proper functionality of components and algorithms before adding actual sensors.

In the video, you can see the LEDs light up as the microcontroller reads instructions from the stimulus file. Through this experiment the team was able to gain an insight into the functionality of microcontrollers, algorithms, and circuits, and simultaneously test the apparatus which will be implemented in the prototype in the future.

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Week 2 comes to an End

The first two weeks were spent gaining familiarity with the project and understanding the technical concepts required to bring our model to fruition. The group worked together to draft a project proposal which you can view in the Our Project section. This proposal details all the concepts and technology behind the project and how it would be implemented in the final product.

A breadboard circuit consisting of a microcontroller, resistors, wires and LEDs

In Week 2, the group worked to understand how breadboard circuits function. This understanding will allow us to determine how circuits will be implemented in our final model. In the next few weeks, we will start working on the actual project so stay tuned for that!

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Howdy!

Group 4 welcomes you to the Weekly Blog! Here you can follow along as we work on our project, interact with the team members, and hopefully, learn something new! The blog will be updated at least every week to reflect our progress. You can expect behind-the-scenes photos and videos or our engineers working on the model so #StayTuned!