Labs
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- Transistors switch currents rapidly since they do not have moving parts
- Mosfet detects the voltage at the gate pin instead of current and can be used as switches when triggered to HIGH
- Mosfets are used for higher currents and voltages than transistors
- Benefits of a relay are that the circuits the relay is switching are completely disconnected from the relays coil
- Do not connect the grounds together because that will connect the circuits again
Servo
- After soldering onto the barrel jack to bypass all of the circuitry setting up a servo motor to do basic movements is pretty easy
- It benefits in the ability to decide exactly how far the motor should turn and how fast
- It also is able to stack movements
- The motor does only go 180 degrees
Project Updates
- Roach like being that will respond to human interaction
- If approach fast it will be scared and timid
- If approach slowly it will be more trusting
- Will have a "house" that is a box that will try to get back in if scared but will fail
- Bought and picked up the double motor gearbox piece from Mark
- Researched different materials that could be used to look natural but synthetic
- Leading idea is 3d printed shell with brushed yarn tufted through to create a "fur" for the creature but still able to tell something is not right with it
