Code worked

                                                        Code Worked!!!!!!!!!!!!

To Be Continue

First and foremost, I would like thank the team that made all of this possible. Jeff Francois and Jeff Hutchinson, thank you for your participation on this project. Jeff F. did a terrific job with the coding, I'm truly please with the final outcome. Jeff H. did a great job with the write up, you summed up everything the team went through to make this project come to life. Great work gentleman...
This concludes our project...

 "TO BE CONTINUE!!!!"

Your Host: Tito J. Arana

December 13 - Hard Work Pays Off Cont.

Roboplow Mini Part 2:

December 13 - Hard Work Pays Off

We present to you Roboplow....

December 13 - Roboplow Mini

Ladies and Gentlemen (drum roll!!!!!!)..... Roboplow Mini, brought to you by the Department of Mechanical Engineering:

December 12 - Code Used To Run Roboplow

This is our final code we are using to run Roboplow. Our Robot is alive!!!!!! A final video soon to come.

	// Use this code to test your Obstacle Avoiding vehicle with the Arduino board:
	// this constant won't change. It's the pin number
	// of the sensor's output:
	const int pingPin = 7;
	// Motors
	int motor_left[] = {6,8};
	int motor_right[] = {3,5};
	int ledPin = 13; // LED connected to digital pin 13
	// Setup
	void setup() {
	Serial.begin(9600);
	// Setup motors
	int i;
	for(i = 0; i < 3; i++){
	pinMode(motor_left[i], OUTPUT);
	pinMode(motor_right[i], OUTPUT);
	pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
	}
	digitalWrite(motor_left[2], HIGH);
	digitalWrite(motor_right[2], HIGH);
	}
	// Loop
	void loop() {
	long duration, inches, cm;
	// The PING))) is triggered by a HIGH pulse of 2 or more microseconds.
	// Give a short LOW pulse beforehand to ensure a clean HIGH pulse:
	pinMode(pingPin, OUTPUT);
	digitalWrite(pingPin, LOW);
	delayMicroseconds(2);
	digitalWrite(pingPin, HIGH);
	delayMicroseconds(5);
	digitalWrite(pingPin, LOW);
	// The same pin is used to read the signal from the PING))): a HIGH
	// pulse whose duration is the time (in microseconds) from the sending
	// of the ping to the reception of its echo off of an object.
	pinMode(pingPin, INPUT);
	duration = pulseIn(pingPin, HIGH);
	// convert the time into a distance
	inches = microsecondsToInches(duration);
	cm = microsecondsToCentimeters(duration);
	Serial.print(duration); Serial.println();
	Serial.print(inches); Serial.print("in, ");
	Serial.print(cm); Serial.print("cm");
	Serial.println();
	if (cm>170)
	{
	Serial.println("Moving Forward");
	drive_straight();
	drive_forward();
	delay(500);
	}
	{
	if (cm<100)
	{
	Serial.println("Obstacle Very Close");
	Serial.println("Evasive Manuever");
	drive_straight();
	drive_backward();
	delay(1000);
	}
	if (cm<=170&&cm>100)
	{
	motor_stop();
	Serial.println("Turning Left");
	turn_left();
	Serial.println("Reverse");
	drive_backward();
	delay(3000);
	Serial.println("Turning Right");
	turn_right();
	Serial.println("Moving Forward");
	drive_forward();
	delay(1000);
	drive_straight();
	drive_forward();
	delay(1000);
	}
	}
	motor_active();
	motor_inactive();
	delay(1);
	}
	// Drive
	void motor_active(){
	digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH); // set the LED on
	delay(500); // wait for a second
	}
	void motor_inactive(){
	digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); // set the LED off
	delay(500); // wait for a second
	}
	void motor_stop(){
	digitalWrite(motor_left[0], LOW);
	digitalWrite(motor_left[1], LOW);
	delay(25);
	}
	void drive_straight(){
	digitalWrite(motor_right[0], LOW);
	digitalWrite(motor_right[1], LOW);
	}
	void drive_forward(){
	analogWrite(motor_left[0],200);
	digitalWrite(motor_left[1], LOW);
	}
	void drive_backward(){
	digitalWrite(motor_left[0], LOW);
	digitalWrite(motor_left[1], HIGH);
	}
	void turn_left(){
	digitalWrite(motor_right[0], HIGH);
	digitalWrite(motor_right[1], LOW);
	}
	void turn_right(){
	digitalWrite(motor_right[0], LOW);
	digitalWrite(motor_right[1], HIGH);
	}
	long microsecondsToInches(long microseconds)
	{
	// there are
	// 73.746 microseconds per inch (i.e. sound travels at 1130 feet per
	// second). This gives the distance travelled by the ping, outbound
	// and return, so we divide by 2 to get the distance of the obstacle.
	return microseconds / 148;
	}
	long microsecondsToCentimeters(long microseconds)
	{
	// The speed of sound is 340 m/s or 29 microseconds per centimeter.
	// The ping travels out and back, so to find the distance of the
	// object we take half of the distance travelled.
	return microseconds / 58;
	}

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December 11 - This Is It

 At only two days away I had no choice but to go back to Walmart and purchase another RC car. This time I did not throw away the box or took the RC apart but what I did (and this I should of done with the first RC I bought) to put batteries on the RC and the control and make sure that the forward and back worked. Luckily this one seem to work flawlessly. Once I tested that all terminals were fine, I started soldering everything back with caution. I didn't want to alter anything with the new RC car. So far is looking great according to plan. Each terminal that's being solder is working great. Now to put it back together and move forward with Roboplow. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are back in business. Two RC car later: