This week we continued the process of constructing the umbrella. Today we focused on the cover and the sensors inside. This proved to be more of a challenge than it would first appear. First off, the umbrella bends inward and isn't meant to collapse like a normal umbrella. This leads to the fabric sagging. Which would be okay except our sensors are activated/the circuit is completed when the top layer of fabric touches the under-layer of fabric. The sagging of the edge, therefore can trigger our sensor.
To help the sagging, we added wire "framing" between each of the arms (this was done with amber holding the umbrella while Meleigha laid on her back and wove it around)
Our next challenge is to attach the motors in a stable way and attach the strings to the spooling system in a way that pulls each of them evenly and from the correct angle.Our code is in progress. We have written what should be functioning code, but when tested with LED lights, the program does not respond as expected. So we have some trouble shooting ahead.
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