Lab Book

Wed June 22

• Epoxied the flanges to the carbon fiber tubes

Tues June 21

• Cut and filed more carbon fiber tubes
• Assemble 7 more of the wind sensors connected to DB9 ribbon cable in tubes
• Test that all of the electronics were working

Mon June 20

• Assembled shelves at storage unit
• Loaded U Haul with lab equipment
• Moved Equipment into storage unit
• Lunch at Shang Cho afterwards
  • Fried rice
• Honey Comb PB Pretzel ice cream

Fri June 17

• Got a lesson about screws, and read more about screws
• Installed lab jack software on Mac
• Hooked up one wind sensor to the LabJack to test it out while connected to the Mac
• Cut one carbon fiber tube in half and assembled one of these sensors with stands without any adhesive. It fits well, the ribbon cord needs to be pushed in.
• Need to learn how to write code to get from the voltage numbers to wind speed

Thurs June 16

• Mapped out the wind sensing system  
• Completed online general lab safety course
• Completed online physics machine shop and Makerspace safety course
• Hooked up the hot wire anemometer to a voltmeter to test it out
  • GND-White 5
  • +9-12V -Violet 4
  • OUT - Orange 2
  • TMP - Green 3
  • SHDN - Brown 1
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• Knotted cable is ground

Wed June 15

• Met the group and learned the basics of some of the various projects
• Learned to use the coffee machine !!!
• Learned to solder and soldered right angle pins onto the wind sensors
• Set up a Mac mini