Here is the Motor created in solid works

Hello all, Here is the solid works model of the motor.

Here is the link to the file on a google drive.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5kTxe-rj4kzeHZtUVdUcUdJNzA/edit?usp=sharing


Best regards everyone,

Bobby Fisher

My designs and models for download

Hey everyone,

Here are my designs:

I started first with the arduino case that would go inside the hull.

 My first design started from the concept of a sting ray:

My second design went in another direction, but it helped to really spur some great creativity that lead to the final product.

The final concept:

With incorporation of the lego pontoon:

And we get this:

I think it looks awesome. But I would love your feedback. 

If you take a look at the back of the holder for the arduino, there is an additional plane. That hole is directed downward at a 30 degree angle from the horizontal x axis. We can use this to mount the motor. The future designs will include pretty much everything. 

Post your thoughts. 

Mike's Design

My design incorporates the standard idea of two pontoons with a hull that extends the entire distance between the pontoons; all of which are covered and connected by the 1/8" acrylic sheet cut out. The acrylic sheet has an opening over the hull so that the arduino board can be easily accessed for modifications.

The motor for the drive system is attached under the acrylic sheet, just outside of the hull. A single gear can be utilized and supported via securing it to the acrylic/hull at multiple spots. Like the motor, the rudder system using the servo motor runs wires above the surface of the boat.

Simple Sketch:

















Solidworks Model:

Overview of today's meeting, 11/12/2013

Okay,

After today's meeting, it's been decided that a pontoon boat will be our project.

Image and link for the pontoon have been included.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_VSyj8G9gx1NzQwVTVyTjA1ZWs/edit?usp=sharing


Here is the image:

  

Today's Meeting:

Today, it was our plan to come to the meeting each with our own individual concepts. 

William brought in a great idea regarding a working pump system. His concept was to take two tanks, a pressure sensor, and an arduino system to control the amount of water in the holding tank. A user would be able to input a level of water and it would set to that level. A user could take some water out and the pump and the system would refill what was removed. 

Mike came in with his idea where a stepper system would track and relocate towards or away from light. This system would utilize the light sensor, a stepper motor, the arduino system, and some solidworks designed parts. His concept utilized a circular center with the 4 sensors extending at every quarter point. 

The final idea utilized the lego pontoon system shown above. The idea was to create a working toy boat system. This project requires a 2D cut out which could be used as the connection between two pontoons and a uniquely designed hull  that would house the arduino system, the stepper motor to regulate steering, the motor for the drive system, an LCD screen that displays current battery level and possibly other information, a working light system on the front and back as in standard boating systems, and will be connected via bluetooth control system and connected to an iphone and hopefully android system as well. 

The drive system was discussed extensively. A gear-driven drive system was mentioned. A horizontally directed drive line was discussed. Final conclusion was the latter. 

As discussed, by this Saturday 11/16/2013, our designs will be posted for the connected systems. All comments are appreciated. 

The final decision will be made on 11/19/2013 regarding which design will be used in the final project. The coding arrangements will be decided upon more at that meeting. 

(https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/152 - This is the link to the iphone control walk through. It does work. I was just playing with it.)

Till next time, be well. 

Second Idea from Bobby Fisher

 

 

So, I believe a really great idea would be to incorporate some of the material we have done by building a three pontoon iphone controlled boat. Below is a link to the pontoons on ebay, which I am designing in solid works as we speak. I feel this system could include the servo motor as the steering agent, the motor as the motor, and we could design the linkages needed to support the turning system and the housing for the motor and arduino board. I believe we could use foam of some sort to create the center pontoon system that houses all the electronics, the battery, the lighting systems, as well as the screen to inform of battery level and what not....

 

We could connect the outside pontoons with the plexi glass 2d cut out. I think we could really stay simple or create coding to follow some type of drive pattern that can be selected on the iphone....

 

I have been doing some reading on codeacademy.com to look into iphone coding as well as codes already out on the market that we could tap into. The stuff I also found is in the second link...

 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Two-Lego-Boat-Pontoons-Floats-Parts-50820-50821-from-set-7244-1-Speedboat-/181255526790?pt=Building_Toys_US&hash=item2a33abd986



https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/152

The first Steps

The story begins now for Mike Igoe, William Cooper, and Bobby Fisher.

As discussed in lab, we will be defining three projects individually to bring to our first group meeting so we can choose what we will be doing for our project.

This process will take us to Nov 12, 2013.

We should put our links and ideas in one spot before reaching our meeting time. This will allow us to take a look and put some thought into feasibility to be discussed in the meeting.

If we want to define a rubric to determine feasibility, we can.

Please follow this blog with your regular email so as everyone makes changes, we are notified.

Thanks guys.

Best regards,

Bobby Fisher