Mission:
A marketing firm has determined that more customers will enter a shop if the sign is neat and eye-appealing. To increase business you decide to design and build a spinning sign with a catchy title for outside your shop. To conserve energy, you must install a stop switch for the sign when the business is closed. This stop system should be able to be engaged by a person on the ground away from the sign.
Duties:
Design a mechanism (not just a slower speed on the motor) that will rotate a sign at a slow speed. Sketch your solution on the lab sheet in the mechanical engineering section, label all sensors and motors.
Connect the motor and switch(es) to the microcontroller using wires.
Write a program that will control the sign. The program should cause the sign to rotate when the program is started and stop the rotation when the switch is pressed and the business is closed. Don’t forget that the purpose of the sign is for people to read it. If the sign rotates too quickly, it will be difficult for potential customers to read.
Open the PLTW Template and Save As SpinningSign. Complete each section: Heading, Task Description, Pseudocode, Motor and Sensors Setup, Program
A marketing firm has determined that more customers will enter a shop if the sign is neat and eye-appealing. To increase business you decide to design and build a spinning sign with a catchy title for outside your shop. To conserve energy, you must install a stop switch for the sign when the business is closed. This stop system should be able to be engaged by a person on the ground away from the sign.
Duties:
Design a mechanism (not just a slower speed on the motor) that will rotate a sign at a slow speed. Sketch your solution on the lab sheet in the mechanical engineering section, label all sensors and motors.
Connect the motor and switch(es) to the microcontroller using wires.
Write a program that will control the sign. The program should cause the sign to rotate when the program is started and stop the rotation when the switch is pressed and the business is closed. Don’t forget that the purpose of the sign is for people to read it. If the sign rotates too quickly, it will be difficult for potential customers to read.
Open the PLTW Template and Save As SpinningSign. Complete each section: Heading, Task Description, Pseudocode, Motor and Sensors Setup, Program