This past week was our Spring Break but all of the 1/12th scale subteams met throughout the week to work on the project. My team worked in collaboration with almost all of the subteams but more closely with the mobile app team. I joined my team to test our system on a partially built section of the track throughout the week having success as we tested it. The podcar successfully read the magnets mounted on the track as well as the RFID tags which are crucial to our destination designations as well as to switch the lever arms on the bogie. We ran the podcar at different speeds and we met the same results each time the podcar ran around the loop.
Although we only tested the podcar on a small part of the complete track, there were some concerns that we have addressed to the track team regarding tight spaces along some sections of the track, correct magnet placement, and issues with the bends that caused the podcar to destabilize as it made contact with both of the rails again. My team along with the app team were able to test only two different combinations of station-to-station designation due to only having half of the track to work with. We should be able to have at least four working podcars by Paseo that will be controlled through the app team's software. From the progress we have made during Spring Break and from hearing about the status of last year's teams during the same time of the academic year, I am confident that we will be able to have something to demonstrate at Paseo. I am just worried about the rain we are expecting this weekend which could pose potential problems to the track and all of the electronics we will have this coming Saturday. We have a plan B in case the software decides to work against us but my team and I have full confidence in the app team that they will be able to make our system work with their software. The first big event is coming and we will be ready to demonstrate a working project.
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