Week 9 - Spartan Superway Controls

During this week, we began planning our initial concepts and rapid prototypes. We created a bill of materials for all the components that we will be needing for our prototype. Through this, we found that we will be buying a new Arduino Mega 2560 to ensure that our final prototype code works perfectly with a new board. We decided to order two new Xbee modules to isolate any communication problems we might be having due to faulty Xbees. I also found a servo that is metal geared and has more speed and torque than the current motors. While torque isn’t much of a dependency, the faster speed will help make the switching mechanism work much faster. Lastly, we ordered some breadboards and other small items so that by next week we can begin building our rapid prototype.