by Andrew McCoy | Mar 18, 2024 | Electronic Drafting/Frabication
In this project I was tasked with desinging a circuit board for a Pulse Width Modulation system that could control the speed and direction of a DC Motor with a 555 timer. We were given wire schematic on paper, and I had the make the same schematic on the Autodesk...
by Andrew McCoy | May 10, 2023 | Engineering Practice and Principles
Group Members: Andrew McCoy, Byran Clingerman In this project we had to design and build a robot that could navigate a left-hand or right-hand maze, if possible we could make it do both. Then the robot had to put a fire out at the end of the maze. The robot would...
by Andrew McCoy | Apr 24, 2023 | Engineering Practice and Principles
Project: Hubs and Wheels This project was made mainly in Creo Parametric, with my partner on the Fire Fighting Robot. We measured the Double D shafts on the stepper motors, and after that, we translated that size to a Hub that we printed, and the hub fit perfectly. We...
by Andrew McCoy | Apr 17, 2023 | Engineering Practice and Principles
Fame Sensor and Fan assignment, ENGR 199 To trigger the fan from the flame sensor, you need to put a heat source like a lit match near the sensor so it triggers the inferred detector inside of the flame sensor (The black LED). You can also use your phone light to...
by Andrew McCoy | Mar 30, 2023 | Engineering Practice and Principles
Project: Ultrasonic Sensor Controlling a Servo Here is a short explanation of the Ultrasonic Sensor and the Servo: The ultrasonic sensor sends out sound waves with a frequency of around 40kHZ, the sound waves will travel, bounce off a surface and return back to the...
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