Capstone Team 31 Blog

Remote-Controlled Garden Seeder   Team 31- Beyza Kural, Syed Hussain, Nawaf Abulhaija Progress Update 2/4/2024 - 02/17/2024      During the work period of February 4 th  – February  17 th , our team  worked on completing the disassembly of the  children's ride-on toy. We finished taking apart all of the components until we had the two drive motors, the tires, the axle, and the battery separated which are shown in Figures 3, 4, and 5, respectively. As previously mentioned, the motors are already geared to our desired speed so that will save our team both time and cost. After analyzing the aluminum frame of the ride-on toy, we decided that it would be best to use Aluminum 6061 which has high corrosion resistance and will be most optimal for our device's intended uses. We had 4 rods cut to our specific dimensions to make the frame, as shown in Figure 5, and these were purchased from a local metal shop. Since our last progress report, our team conside...

Remote-Controlled Garden Seeder Team 31- Beyza Kural, Syed Hussain, Nawaf Abulhaija Progress Update 12/11/2023 - 02/03/2024 During the work period of December 11 th – February 3 rd , our team made some considerable design changes to our project that should help our device be more effective, efficient, and reliable. Earlier in winter break, we sought to find any shortcomings in our device to limit any issues during the execution phase. We began by finding a mentor who was experienced in modifying and building remote controlled devices, had experience in connecting PCB boards, and could help us ensure that the parts we selected were going to be compatible together. We were able to find a mentor, Jarrett Jordan, who’s a content creator on YouTube and specializes in remote controlled vehicles. We met with Jarrett towards the end of winter break since he was out of town and went through our expected parts list. Some of the main issues we found were regarding our motor selection for b...