Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Final Project

I got it to work... kinda. If too many balls are in the top bucket they are likely to stack and not go into the turnstile, but other than that it works. Here is the video!


Thursday, April 10, 2014

Project Update

Current Progress:

  • Made ball receptacle 
  • Got code to get view-count of youtube video from internet at regular intervals and activate turnstile when more views are found.

Need to Do:

  • Figure out when there are no more balls
    • light sensor exposed to light
  • Return balls? (Screw?)
  • Get more balls
  • Attach turnstile

Schedule:

  1. Week 2: Finish turnstile and position next to bucket
  2. Week 3: Make video, QR code for video link
  3. Week 4: Make return feed for balls ?