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===Component List===
===Component List===
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<tr><th>Part</th><th>Part No.</th><th>Qty</th>
<tr><th>Part</th><th>Part No.</th><th>Qty</th>
<tr><td>Microchip 8-bit PIC Microcontroller</td><td>PIC18F4520</td><td>3</td>
<tr><td>Microchip 8-bit PIC Microcontroller</td><td>PIC18F4520</td><td>3</td>

Revision as of 12:55, 20 March 2008

ME 333 final projects

Team Members

  • Brian Kephart - Electrical Engineering Class of 2009
  • Jonathan Shih - Mechanical Engineering Class of 2009
  • Kristi Bond - Mechanical Engineering Class of 2008

Overview

Mechanical Set-up

Housing and Ball Support

Main Drive Wheel and Motor

Lazy Susan and Position Control Motor

Circuitry

Summary

Our project was unique in that we relied on the use of three different PICs to precisely coordinate the motion of our ball. The main reason for this was because the 18F4520 chip only has enough encoder inputs for one Pittman motor.

Component List

PartPart No.Qty
Microchip 8-bit PIC MicrocontrollerPIC18F45203
Faulhaber Motor w/ Encoder1524E006S3
Inverter ChipSN74HC041
Counter ChipLS70832
H-Bridge ChipL2931
Diodes***8

Design

Pictures

PIC Code

Matlab Code

Results