Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Baxter and cancelled frisbee

You went to Baxter again today. Liam came over and you carpooled down to Baxter around 0930. When you arrived you got the 3D printer going to create the boxes that your embedded linux devices will be held in.

After that you worked in CAD a bit more and got the shelving done for the Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone Black. You then headed downstairs to work with the CNC router. You tried to cut out the motor slots in the thruster however the g-code was messed up. Thus you have to make more thruster modules to replace the two that were made incorrectly.

You then went back up to the computer lab and worked some more on heat-sinks. After eating lunch Mr. Amory showed up and together you three came up with the best option for the heat sinks: a metal rod that holds the LED and lens in it. Mr. Amory then modified the g-code and gave it to you to use on the CNC router.

You cut out the four thruster pieces and they are now almost ready for assembly. You then headed to Portland Pi for lunch. Upon returning you did some work in the computer lab on making a brace for the servo motor that will be doing camera tilt.

You then headed back to Freeport for frisbee practice around 1400 as the game was cancelled due to bad field conditions. At practice you made-up and taught everyone a new play called "Loom."

You then went home around 1645 and worked on the brace for the servo motor, coming up with a good if not final solution. You also talked to your dad about the connectors that you plan to use on the sub and he thinks it needs to be rethought.

Finally you started the matriculation process for Princeton by setting up and e-mail and similar things.