3.1.3

Procedure: In this activity we constructed a flowchart that turned a motor on and off. I also checked the system to see if my flowchart performed as written.

I worked with Megan, Ally, and Josh in this activity. I thought it was very entertaining working with them because we are all friends and they are very nice.

Conclusion: The best way to make sure all your devises are in the correct ports of the interface and have been wired correctly is to make sure that you have followed the directions. Also, make sure you do it over again and go over the directions to make sure that you have done it correctly. If you see that you've done it wrong then you need to try again and fix what you did wrong. This incooprortaties what we have been learning all year with trail and error, after not completely the task correctly we are able to retract find our mistakes and fix them until we can fully complete the task. 

It is important to label block functions to a flowchart because it tells the system what to do. If it was not labeled nothing would happen. 

3.1.7

Open and Closed Loop Systems: 

In this activity we designed an open look program to control a moot driven on a track then we designed a closed loop system utilizing feedback from both analog and digital inputs to control the motor. 

Conclusion: 

1. An example is like an easy bake oven. Easy bake ovens are set times of heat to cook little meals like baby cakes or brownies or Mac n cheese. When I was little I loved easy bake ovens I found them fasicinating that I could be able to cook something on my own in a cute little pink oven. I find this cool that u could made a connection with my childhood memories!

2. A pump on an aquarium is a closed loop system because energy is always being added to them because they are always pumping water to control the life in the aquarium and keep it thriving. My brother is just completing his engineer degree and already has been working with a company for several years that works on water pumps for aquariums. His has designed the new dolphin tank at seaworld here in San Diego and several projects around the world. Now I know what type of loop systems he works with. 

3.1.5

3.1.5 Variable Function

The light was on for 5 seconds


Conclusion:
1. To make the variable block equal to 0 in the program you have to use Plus 1 command and then the next step would be to have a Minus 1 command.

2. An industrial or manufacturing engineering may need to keep track of how many products they place in a box. If the box can only hold 10 items, then the engineer will have to set the program so that it stops after it places 10 items in the box. Then they will be able to switch out the box. 

3.1.4

1. If the mini switch isn't pushed and its wire normally, the program will continue through the 0 mode.
2. The lamp will continuously be lit if I1 is normally open and the switch isn't pushed.
3. Right click and manipulate properties 5 and run program.


Input 1 (i1) is a potentiometer with an analog range of 42-5000

Conclusion:
It is important to include all the branches because of the program. Also it can make the decisions based on the actions you tell them too, which is pretty cool! A normally open switch is a light switch, and it is open when it is off and closed. Also, a closed switch is like a store alarm. It's constantly on until someone types the password in and turns the alarm off. This is just the beginning of all of the cool new things we will be able to get to work through this system. Thanks for Mr. Olson who helped us we were able to complete this and fully understand it.

Super Advertising 2014! "Crash The Super Bowl"

After watching the 2014 Super Bowl, the only big commercial that stuck out to me and happened to be my favorite was the Doritos Time Machine. This commercial was not only cute and funny, but it was the commercial that won the contest (Crash The Super Bowl) as the best commercial! Every year for the past 8 years, Doritos company creates a contest where anyone (in 46 different countries) can submit their own commercial and try to win a million dollars, and of course a feature in the Super Bowl. So far, I have not heard of any other company conducting this contest! After little speculation, I think they gained more money then outputting, so this contest was a smart approach in including themselves in the Super Bowl commercial favorites.

Cost:

1. To air about 30 sec to a minute during the Super Bowl it costs about 4 million dollars
2. The winners prize also includes 1 million dollars

Without going in depth that is already about 5 million dollars

Procedure to get 5 million dollars:
With a Dorito bag costing about 1 dollar each you need to sell 5 million bags of Doritos, in a year they usually sell 600 million, that is about 1/ 60th of there income dedicated to one Super Bowl commercial. Including that they showed 2 commercials.

Income/ Positives:

1. Everyone submitting a commercial has to feature a bag of Doritos, many commercials featured several, sometimes hundreds, of bags.
2. People see how easy it is to win, and next year more videos get submitted!
3. After watching the creative funny commercial, it stuck in my head and I wrote a blog post about it, which included the craving of Doritos after typing there name so many times. 

I actually ate Doritos today, but here is the hilarious commercial I have been talking about that you can now watch :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn-5geHkb6E

Basic Programming

 Procedure: In this activity you will construct a flow chart that will turn a motor on and off. You will also check the system to see if your flowchart performs as written. You will be introduced to four Function Blocks: start, motor, time delay, and end. 

For this assignment, I worked with Megan Ally and Josh. 

Conclusion: 

The best way to make sure that all of our devices were in the correct ports and wired correctly was by following each step percisily, and doing try and error. When a mistake was made we would try again until completing it correctly! 

It is important to labeling block functions with a flowchart to reduce the amount of error that can occur and keep track of each of your steps, to make it easy to complete this task again. It's important to keep track of what you do to also make sure that if you made a mistake you won't make the same one again! 

Sadly this is the only picture I could find of us completing this activity, but it's better then nothing! 

Centroids part 2 !!

Megan and I worked together on this project with help from Erik for full understanding! This is what we came up with: ( enjoy our fancy funny photos )