Lab Report for 11.08.2008

The N.M.E. design team continued working on mounting the final board onto the R/C car. In order for the circuit board to be properly placed without causing damage to the R/C car or itself it needed to be placed on an area away from the "hot spots" of the car and not be placed where there may be interruption of the moving mechanics in the car. In order for the circuit board to be protected from any debris or vibrations from the R/C car in motion, we placed the board into a black box that measured 3x2x1. With some minor modifications, the black box was an exact fit for the board to be safely held in. Some holes and cuts had to be done to the black box in order for wires of the LM34 and Thermocouple to come out. A hole also needed to be cut in the front of the black box to allow insertion of the USB drive to the datalogger.

We tried to do our first test run with our new circuit board mounted on the R/C car, but we discovered that our glow plug needed to be replaced.