Auto-Malé

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Final Presentation

Keenan Gray and Dhruv Mohan

project statement

Lloyd Graves Iv

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project presentation

Kai Hershey and Dhruv Mohan

The Cams of Life

By: Kai

1 / 8

project presentation

Kai Hershey and Dhruv Mohan

The Cams of Life

By Kai

1 / 9

lil bro

Lloyd Graves and Dhruv Mohan
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Auto-Malé

Dhruv Mohan and Dhruv Mohan

AUTO-MALÉ

By Dhruv Mohan

1 / 8

In Electronic Vessels I made a machine that folds tamales, that can lighten the workload in small Mexican restaurants. Making tamales is very labor intensive. The "Auto-malé", decreases the time that it takes to make tamales, and it makes it easier to mass produce them. Also, when using the Auto-malé at home, having family time while making tamales becomes easier. Essentially, the project has motors that pushes flaps with a corn husk attached to them, resulting in a folded tamale. The project will really take the process of making tamales to a whole new level.

rfvsz

Kai Hershey and Dhruv Mohan
#include <Adafruit_MotorShield.h>

// Create the motor shield object with the default I2C addressAdafruit_MotorShield AFMS = Adafruit_MotorShield();// Or, create it with a different I2C address (say for stacking)// Adafruit_MotorShield AFMS = Adafruit_MotorShield(0x61);
// Select which 'port' M1, M2, M3 or M4. In this case, M1Adafruit_DCMotor *myMotor = AFMS.getMotor(1);Adafruit_DCMotor *myMotor2 = AFMS.getMotor(2);Adafruit_DCMotor *myMotor3 = AFMS.getMotor(3);Adafruit_DCMotor *myMotor4 = AFMS.getMotor(4);// You can also make another motor on port M2//Adafruit_DCMotor *myOtherMotor = AFMS.getMotor(2);
void setup() {  Serial.begin(9600);  // set up Serial library at 9600 bps
  pinMode(7, INPUT_PULLUP);  pinMode(8, INPUT_PULLUP);  pinMode(A0, INPUT);
  Serial.println("Adafruit Motorshield v2 - DC Motor test!");
  if (!AFMS.begin()) {  // create with the default frequency 1.6KHz                        //if (!AFMS.begin(1000)) {  // OR with a different frequency, say 1KHz    Serial.println("Could not find Motor Shield. Check wiring.");    while (1)      ;  }  Serial.println("Motor Shield found.");
  /**************************/  // Set the speed to start, from 0 (off) to 255 (max speed)  //Can change the code to run the motor faster or slower  myMotor->setSpeed(50);  /*************************/  myMotor->run(FORWARD);  // turn on motor  myMotor->run(RELEASE);
  myMotor2->setSpeed(50);  /*************************/  myMotor2->run(FORWARD);  // turn on motor  myMotor2->run(RELEASE);
  myMotor3->setSpeed(50);  /*************************/  myMotor3->run(FORWARD);  // turn on motor  myMotor3->run(RELEASE);
  myMotor4->setSpeed(50);  /*************************/  myMotor4->run(FORWARD);  // turn on motor  myMotor4->run(RELEASE);}
void loop() {  uint8_t i;
  int forward = digitalRead(7);  int backward = digitalRead(8);
  /******************/

  myMotor->setSpeed(50);  myMotor2->setSpeed(50);  myMotor3->setSpeed(50);  myMotor4->setSpeed(50);

  if (forward == LOW) {    return Stage1();    delay(150000);    return Stage2();
  } else {    myMotor->run(RELEASE);    myMotor2->run(RELEASE);    myMotor3->run(RELEASE);    myMotor4->run(RELEASE);  }}
void Stage1() {  myMotor->run(RELEASE);  myMotor->run(FORWARD);  delay(1000);  myMotor2->run(RELEASE);  myMotor2->run(FORWARD);  delay(1000);  myMotor3->run(RELEASE);  myMotor3->run(FORWARD);  delay(1000);  myMotor4->run(RELEASE);  myMotor4->run(FORWARD);}
void Stage2() {  myMotor->setSpeed(150);  myMotor->run(RELEASE);  myMotor->run(FORWARD);  delay(100);    myMotor2->setSpeed(40);  myMotor2->run(RELEASE);  myMotor2->run(BACKWARD);  delay(10000);    myMotor3->setSpeed(250);  myMotor3->run(RELEASE);  myMotor3->run(FORWARD);  delay(1500);    myMotor4->setSpeed(50);  myMotor4->run(RELEASE);  myMotor4->run(BACKWARD);}

State Machine Code

Keenan Gray and Dhruv Mohan
state_machine.ino

code

updates

Kai Hershey and Dhruv Mohan

i láser cut a cam and started on the coding for my motors 

mid reveiw feedback

Kai Hershey and Dhruv Mohan

Mid-Review Feedback

Dhruv Mohan and Dhruv Mohan

- Think about ways to make the project less abstract.

- Use clear PLA filament to diffuse lights.

- Use a motor to push the flaps out.