Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2012 No Comments »
For this week, construction is well underway. Our team has been working in parallel to finalize the electrical system and the mounting system. With Scott Jackson’s assistance, we have completed the counter mechanism and are ready to implement it in the Capilano Trough. We’ve also constructed a mounting system to hold the counter and pipe […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 9th, 2012 1 Comment »
This week, our group continued with the design of the electrical system. Under Scott Jackson’s supervision, we were able to construct a prototype counting system consisting of a photosensor epoxied to a clear pipe and attached to an electrical circuit constructed on a breadboard. This circuit was nearly identical to the one in the original […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 3rd, 2012 1 Comment »
This week, the focus of our group project was on crafting a design for the electrical system. The push for this direction came from our meeting with Joel Atwater, our group mentor, last Friday. Under his guidance, as a group we were able to set the design parameters for the electrical system, the housing […]