WEEK 1- Arduino Ethernet, Simulation of a helicopter control system
Location: 3rd floor, EEE building, University of Liverpool
Location: 3rd floor, EEE building, University of Liverpool
Date: 6th February, 2015
Hello, everyone. This
is the first week of our Year 2 project. Thank you for watching and hope you can
follow us in the next five weeks to search the Arduino with our group.
Everything
works well before the experiment day. We discussed what we will achieve and what
components we need.On Friday, we collect the components from the lab
technician’s office: one Arduino
Ethernet which is a micro-controller board based on the ATmega328 and two DC
motors. Besides these, two other propellers are bought from AMAZON.
Arduino Ethernet Board
DC Motor
Firstly, we
discussed how the systems should be designed and we separated the project into
five parts which will be finished in the next five weeks. Figure 1 shows the
designed basic system. We planned to control the Arduino by Bluetooth then the
two motors will operate separately in different situations. Finally, the two
motors will give feed back to the Arduino which will be displayed in
computer.
The operation of the
system will be shown by observing the changes of the voltage waveform.
The next step was to begin
to write the code to control the motors which will be complete perfectly in the
second week.
Overall, we finished the
first week successfully. Thank you for reading and waiting for our next post.
