Final Assembly
With those cut-out cardboard pieces, we are ready to stick them together with hot glue gun to construct a cardboard structure. Moving on, it’s time for us to put in some of the electronic components into the platform. We first fixed the high torque motor at the center of the platform, token mechanism (microswitch) at the side, and 7 segments as well as buzzer on the user interface. After that, we did some soldering to improve the circuit connection so that Arduino can always receive stable signals.
After ensuring both of our hardware mechanism and software algorithm are working, we are ready to assemble everything. Firstly, we fixed the motor at the center of the platform, microswitch at the side of the toy, as well as 7 segments and buzzer next to the cardboard steering. Then we do some soldering on those electronic components to extend a wire to the Arduino board.
Once the assembly is done, we made some of the obstacles by using cardboard and attach them on the platform of the toy.
Then, we tested out the program with the soldered circuit that has been install into the cardboard gaming environment to ensure every hardware mechanism is working fine with the software. In addition, we have also edited some of the remixed codes to improve the algorithm efficiency and system response. For example, we tried to reduce the number of loops that used in the algorithm as loops will introduce a huge delay to the program and hence slow down the system.
Finally, once the software and hardware assembly are finished, we proceeded to make some of the obstacles with cardboard pieces and attach them on the platform of the toy. After doing some final touchups, we are done!
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