Parts List

January 31, 2012:


met with Dr. D today. we are to get him the final list of parts we need. we were talking about specification for the R/C Car in order to make this project repeatable.  it really comes down to 3 specs (see bellow). we were talking about different size vehicles.  i have noticed in researching different R/C Models that there are different types of D/C motors that are equipped to the  R/C Cars.  they are either brushed or brushless. Our test car has a brushed motor. brushed motors have 2 wires; a positive (+) and a ground (-) wire only. to control the direction clockwise or counter clockwise, a h-bridge can switch the polarity on the motor. however, with the more expensive R/C Cars they come with a brushless motor.  a brushless motor has 3 wires that need to be connected to a ESC-Electronic stability control. then can be controlled. 

NOTE: Test Car, removed cover over DC motor and got the part number: Dynamite ECX1071, when to manufactures website and determined it was Brushed.
  
3 specification for the R/C Car:

1. RTR: Ready to Run

2. DC motor

3. Steering Servo

Question/Idea: 

these RC Cars come with a speed controller AKA ESC with both brushed or brushless motors. I want to run a specific test on the TEST R/C car. there is a cable coming out of the Speed controller that is originally connected to the receiver waiting on instructions from the remote controller.  instead of hooking it into the receiver i want to hook it into the Arduino and see if I can write a little program to control the speed and direction forward and reverse. if this test work good on a brushed motor it will work the same on a brushless because they need a ESC to run. this would eliminate the need for a H bridge with the brushed motor and also take care of the brushless motors. 

Parts list still need. Picking the R/C Car is still a question size, how big of a vehicle do we want. 1/10, 1/8, 1/5. 

A good website that has a large verity of R/C Cars and documents components of its vehicles is  

http://www.nitrorcx.com/electric.html

Product Name:	Total Price:	URL:
Weller SP23LK 25-Watt Soldering Iron	14.39	http://www.amazon.com/Weller-SP23LK-25-Watt-Soldering-Iron/dp/B0009ZD2AG
Rosin Core Solder	6.99	http://www.amazon.com/American-Terminal-AT-31604-Solder-Ounces/dp/B00030AP48
Soldering Iron Holder	5.59	http://www.amazon.com/Elenco-Soldering-Iron-Holder/dp/B0002LLWEU/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1328066855&sr=1-1
Dual Helping Hands with Magnifier	6	http://www.amazon.com/Dual-Helping-Hands-with-Magnifier/dp/B0002BBZ2Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1328066897&sr=1-1
2 Pcs 2.1 X 5.5mm Male Dc Plug to 9v Battery Clip	8.96	http://www.amazon.com/5-5mm-Male-Plug-Battery-Clip/dp/B005D65LEG/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1328064882&sr=1-1-catcorr
16-inch Servo Extension - Pack of 5	11.95	http://www.amazon.com/16-inch-Servo-Extension-Pack-5/dp/B004W5DCB8/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1328065025&sr=1-2-catcorr

Update

Thursday, January 26, 2012: senior project kickoff. spoke with Dr. Dimitoglou and made revisions to our original proposal and resubmitted it to Dr. Dimitoglou and Dr. Ford.  Also added a parts list for our project within the proposal.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012: met with Dr. Ford at 6pm to see if he would be willing to take on CS Faulty Reader. He accepted. Naseem and I finished the proposal and submitted it to Dr. Dimitoglou and Dr. Ford. 

Monday, January 23, 2012: Met with Naseem and completed sections 1-8 of propose and sent an email to Dr. Ford asking him if he would be interest in meeting to  discuss our Senior Project and becoming our CS Faculty advisor