| 10/10/03 |
Chose motor controlled oscillating
pendulum as Senior Project |
| 11/06/03 |
Chose motor controlled oscillating pendulum
as Senior Project Researched DC motor and continued work on Functional
Description and System Level Block Diagram |
| 11/13/03 |
Research and testing of optical sensors
to be used in the system |
| 11/20/03 |
Design of H-Bridge transistor switch
and code design for motor control |
| 12/04/03 |
Prepare Project Proposal and Project
Presentation |
| 12/09/03 |
Present Project to DRT and project advisors |
| 1/27/04 |
Prepare code for sensor communication and complete
H-Bridge simulation |
| 2/3/04 |
Continue sensor communication code and complete
H-Bridge laboratory testing |
| 2/10/04 |
Begin testing of new motor and continue laboratory testing of
H-bridge controlled motor pulsing |
| 2/17/04 |
Test constructed pendulum unit and begin pendulum wiring
Create initial LCD and keypad code and start H-bridge switching
code |
| 2/24/04 |
Complete H-bridge switching code and begin EMAC to H-bridge interface
hardware |
| 3/2/04 |
Design and simulate multiple interfacing solutions including comparator,
amplifier, and multiple transistor switches |
| 3/9/04 |
Complete wiring of transistor switches to interface H-bridge to
EMAC and trouble-shoot H-bridge circuitry |
| 3/23/04 |
Re-design H-bridge with different transistors then recalculate
and rebuild transistor switches to work with new H-bridge |
| 3/30/04 |
Create H-bridge delay code and work on sensor interrupt testing |
| 4/6/04 |
Create equilibrium sensor interrupt code and interrupt handling
software to send motor pulses |
| 4/12/04 |
Create pulsing code to increase pendulum oscillation angle
Create angle sensor interrupt code and code to handle sensor interrupt
Complete user interface code using keypad buttons as interrupts |
| 4/16/04 |
Student Expo |
| 4/29/04 |
Final Project Presentation |