1/15/2015 Day 6 of Mechatronics

Day 6 of Mechatronics

Today I was still far behind the class's pace yet I was still learning much with a slow pace. Maybe electronics was a bigger obstacle than anticipated before joining the class. Nevertheless, there was a lot of progress done today as supposed to yesterday.

Set- up 1:

We learned that in order for our motor to run properly in this set up we needed assistance from another power source such as the 1.5 volt battery. It took a long time, but it was preparation so that way when we incorporate the Auduino eventually, we will have a better understanding. Figures 1A and 1B show our set up and a note I took to tell myself which direction of rotation the motor would turn depending on which direction the current was going. 

Figure 1A. Our first set up to run a motor.

Figure 1B. I labeled which direction the motor would turn depending on the direction of flow through the circuit.

Set Up 2:
In this set up I had to do a H- bridge circuit to not only make a motor spin, but with a flip of a switch reverse the direction. There were struggles and small mistakes here and there in which even our instructor had to offer assistance. When nothing went right and the motor wouldn't run, as if by magic, it suddenly began to run. Figure 2 shows what this set up looked like.

Figure 2. Now without using the Auduino I made an H-bridge set up to run the motor and even reverse direction with a switch.