Officially, I graduated in December 2020 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Cum Laude from San Diego State … More
Category: Mechanical Engineering
Final days of undergrad
Merry Christmas Eve! I still can’t get over the fact that I was finishing up my last week of undergrad … More
Finite State Machine for the Marker Band Sorter
The title pretty much describes this post haha. Special shout out to my loving boyfriend, Tony Nguyen, for helping me … More
Marker Bands Keep Getting Clumped Together
Or they get stuck in the Triangle Feeder (see pics below). It’s mostly 3D-printed (the dog bones were from the … More
Using a TB6600 Stepper Motor Driver
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C++ Lesson Learned – Scope
What great timing! I wanted to learn more about OOP (object oriented programming) concepts, and my senior design project just … More
Pixy2 Camera *CAN* Detect Marker Bands Consistently
Last Friday, Theresa and I tested all kinds of setups to get the Pixy2 Camera to detect the marker bands … More
Pixy2 Camera Cannot Detect Marker Bands Consistently
Things changed up with my senior design project, and we are no longer using the $50,000 camera. With that said, … More
Feeling proud
I usually don’t double post in a day, but I have to say: I’m feeling pretty proud of myself! 😤 … More
Using an A4988 stepper motor driver (Part 2)
In my previous post, I talked about setting up the A4988 stepper motor driver’s current/voltage limit. Today, I finally got … More