Spring Break Preparation

Since our previous meeting with Professor Furman and Ron, they gave us a lot of input on what we need to improve on our current design. Some of the problem that we need to take care of are materials upgrade, structural upgrade and electrical problem. Because of our current status of Senior Project, we are no longer need to take care of our budget, which means we can choose any materials that suitable for our project without worrying about the budget.

Some of the materials that we need to upgrade are the material for shoe box mechanism, use a larger double wide T-slot, larger linear bearing for the T-slot and a smaller linear actuator. There are also some structural upgrades that we need to keep in mind such as a wheel on the mechanism to prevent crashing, pivot point on the mechanism, resist twisting motion on the structure and also putting ribs on our L-bracket to support the structure.

For our electrical component, we are still trying to figure out how many current sensor and voltage sensor that we need and the location of it. We need at least two sets of sensors which are for the rail and the shoe pickup. We also need to contact the Power Module Team regarding what kind of connection that suitable to combine our project.

It is one week before spring break, the Wayside Power Team are preparing to decide what are we going to do throughout the break. On our meeting March 28, we decided on what we are going to do throughout the spring break. We also decided what time is most suitable for our meeting and work check in.

Written by,
Reynaldo Jahja