So we had some work to do with the Arduino to work with the Temperature sensors to read the temperature on the box a while back... the problem was that it wouldn't save what it saw with the sensors on the SD card. we tried running it but it wasn't working so we spent about 128746 hours looking for it in the code but since we were just acting like monkeys at the keyboard we didn't look at the wiring.. That was when we realized we wired the Data wire to the VCC wire... :( so least to say is that we let the smoke out of the sensors... However, Luckily we had more!!!! We also got a screw Shield for the Arduino that allows us to not use the Breadboard because it would take up 2 much space and the wires fall out... you can see the screw shield on the Arduino in the Picture above...^^^^
so now our "Flight Computer" has 3 different Circuit boards #1 Uno Arduino R3 #2 Ethernet Shield with SD card #3 Screw Shield The Ethernet Shield allows us to save data to a SD card. Next step: GPS (Global Positioning System)
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it was a dark and stormy nightNot really but it was a good day to work on our box!
We had to figure out how to attach string from the box, to the balloon and tucked in parachute. We thought we could have a tube going through one side of the box and peeking out the other side. we didn't do it because: 1. We would have to cut holes through the box which would let air in 2. the tube would have cold air running through it which would make the tube cold. This was bad because it would then make the BOX cold... We could not let it sit on the strings cause it would fall, DUHH... So we made notches on the outside of the box and put the tube in the notch and we glued it with White Gorilla Glue, BTW it is activated by water, which was cool. The tube was a faucet riser tube (which of course was only 3 bucks cause my dad is cheap :P). I'm sorry this seems to be going on forever but this is interesting! Ok so we need a box, right? so we have made one! It may or may not work like if worst-case scenario happends like the bottom falls off if it lands in a tree... we found some styrofoam and we measured it and cut it in the dimensions we wanted. The problem was that the piece of styrofoam was too thick so we had to cut it on both sides. We had to hot-glue the box together, the last piece was hard because we had to do 3 sides! When we were done, the box turned out pretty good but one side was too low for the lid to fit perfectly! I know what your thinking, the box might be too heavy for the balloon to go upward. We set a target of 330 grams in a earlier post. The box came in at 315 grams so we are happy about that! We also had to hit a certain size to make sure all our stuff fit; As you can see below we made it even bigger than perfect
Hey, we are back after taking time off to do Robofest. We couldn't do both because there was not enough of three things:
So this is our overall plan, or at least a list of things we gotta do:
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