News, events, and updates from Team 254.
This revision includes the cutout for the Classmate pc, contours and filets for the ethernet jack, holes for the LED mounts, screwdriver slots for the Cypress board and finally, an additional cutout that replaced the roller button.
Read postToday the welding was completed at Ride & Show Engineering, and the frames were delivered to Central Powder coating. The picture below shows us with the kind folks at Ride & Show.
Read postUpdate: Here's the newer revision of the control board. I've added an ethernet port and a female barrel plug for the Classmate PC. Here's the first revision of the control board with a suggestion of buttons and functions. We will be using this LED…
Read postToday, we continued prototyping dual roller systems. We worked hard to emulate the drawings we had, but still found minimal success with the belt-driven systems. The faster the rollers were moving, the better the results. However, if the rollers were moving…
Read postHere's a few shots of the welded base after having the welds ground flush.
Read postWe continued to revise the two horizontal-rollers prototype so that it would be ready for proper implementation on the final design. Some of the most recent changes made include a stop, so that the ball is physically limited from entering more than 3 inches…
Read postDual horizontal rollers with tennis racquet grip tape = money. Team 254 finally finished the initial prototype for dual horizontal rollers this evening (Based on 148's prototype) and after much tweaking we found that the rollers held the ball securely and…
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