We chose to create something to solve problems #1 and #5
Problem 1: Start / Finish Line (Hardware Level 1 Software Level 4)
The Olympic committee would like your team to invent a control system for use with
track and field running events. They want this device to automatically record the time
and beep when the first runner crosses the start / finish line.
This was our program.
This was our design build.
We had two separate tracks and a segment of program for each track. The motors would go backwards until it hit the switch on the side of each track. Once they both were stopped at the starting line, the center switch was pressed to start the race. The center switch started the timer and both motors. At the end of each track was a lamp and a photo-resistor. When one of the motors passed between the lamp and photo-resistor the light will be blocked and that will trigger the timer to stop as well as the motor.
The video is kind of blurry when the computer screen is shown. We basically were showing that the timer had started and when the first motor blocked the timer stopped at 116 seconds to show the winning time.
Problem 5: Elevator (Hardware Level 4 Software Level 4)
A company
would like to begin producing residential elevators. Your team must design the
control system and a prototype of an elevator that can go between three floors
in any combination. The prototype must include a set of three switches to
represent each floor inside the elevator. Each floor the elevator stops at must
have a call button and a set of three lights to indicate where the elevator is currently
located.
This was our program
This was our design build
We had one long track going up and also secured our control panel on the base
This was our program
This was our design build
We had one long track going up and also secured our control panel on the base
