Updates to UltimateComputers.net
Getting tired of the Guitar Hero Bot yet? No? Well too bad because today myself and Zach Lynn worked on our computer site, UltimateComputers.net. We’ve done some work on the forum, added a live IRC Chat, and also began restructuring the pages to get ready for our upcoming tweaks which[…]
Work Continues, Camera Battery Dies
Oops, I forget to charge my camera battery, so no pictures today we managed to get some the next day (posted below), but here’s what we’ve done recently. We completely finshed the metal rack that will hold the sensors, and accompanying tripod mount for it. Using module components, we are[…]
Official Bot Name and Website Launch!
As we near the finish line with our Guitar Hero Bot, we are pleased to announce its official name and website!
Exciting Developments
It may be hard to believe, but somehow, we are still working on the bot :) Here’s what I’ve got for ya: The delay switch is now fully programmed and functional. This means that the distance between the sensor bar and the bottom of the screen can be adjusted on[…]
Analyzing Outputs, Tweaking Code, Adding Features, and finishing the Guitar
I haven’t posted an update in a while, but it’s purely because we’ve been so busy with the bot. As the long title of this post implies, we’ve gotten a lot accomplished recently, including finishing the guitar! (not the whole bot, just the physical guitar)…But I’ll get to that in[…]
Testing Mounting Solutions
As we finish tweaking our programming, we’ve been testing options for mounting our sensors. After first experimenting with a plexiglass mount, we moved on to velcro (with a temporary lego and K’nex mount). That was too difficult to adjust, so we finally mounted the boards on rails. We’ve ordered sliding[…]
Moving Towards a Finalized Design
Today was dedicated to getting a working prototype of the guitar in its nearly final form. Since we have redesigned the control board, we modified the original design by cutting connections and jumpering pins to get it working with the programming. This is only temporary for testing purposes. All of[…]
More PCB modding, Prepping the Sensor Track
As yesterday, we continued modding the control PCBs to work with our current programming. In addition to that, we finally started routing a path for our sensing circuits. They will sit on a plexiglass base and be able to slide horizontally to accomidate to differently sized televisions. Pictures from today:
More guitar mods, and PCB testing
Since we are convinced that the inside our our guitar is going to look really cool when complete, we’ve decided to make a a back window out of plexiglass, so today we’ve started to cut it. As normal, today was also another day of program tweaking, something that will likely[…]
Guitar Programming bug fixes, PCB testing, and USB installation
At this point, it’s all about bug fixes. We have two working version of our program, the spin version, running in a slower interpreted language that is easier to code, and a super fast-assembly version, that still doesn’t work perfectly, but can process 20x faster than its spin cousin. We’re[…]