August 20, 2011

mounted and probed

day 8 of the lab and it's the penultimate day. time to bring everything together and work towards the resolution of the project.


the image above shows the SHUDDER motor on the left there, with the blue wires coming out of it (it's a solenoid which works basically like a piston). you may be able to see the fishing line which runs parallel to that bracket but from the base of the plant and then out to pulley wheels at the edge of the pot and down to the base of the pot, and under the pot plant itself to the 'servo' motor that operates as the WAVE motor.



hopefully the last of the soldering here, with some probes for measuring humidity in the soil, and some ... um ... green thingies which do something with power, like regulate it. i think. my head is way too overloaded with new information.


here's the little guys, all lined up, all locked into place, all probed, all rigged up with wires. next step is get them to start reading the humidity levels in the soil, be able to communicate that information, and then be able to respond to it.

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