Aaron Klapheck's Website

• Course Information
• Information About Teacher
• In-Class Notes
• Labs
• Tests
• Roboto's Project
• Synopsis
• Project Teem - Photo's of teem members
• Project Report and Presentation - Detailed description of project, schematics, and diagrams
• Project Source Code
• Project Photos
• Project Videos
• More Boe-Bot Projects

Professor Eke is, over all, a good fast paced teacher.
Eke teaches various aspects of computer programming software with the assumption that you already know how to program well (due to the prerequisites).
Eke's grading system should be talked about during the semester. Sometimes difficult to tell what grade we are getting until the end of the class.
Eke assigns a small number of homework problems (some out of the book some not), but does not collect the homework.
Eke's exams are usually difficult, frequently containing trick questions, and are usually based on in class work and labs.
The Boe-Bot assignments that Eke gives out are difficult, so make sure to allot enough time to complete them.
Eke has a way of getting students to perform at a level I never thought possible.
I have gained more experience and have gotten more out of this class then any other class I have ever been in.
Introduction to Numerical Methods with MATLAB is required and is referred to frequently for the first two months of class.

• 5-Feb-08 - Using fprintf to print to a screen or write to a file
• 7-Feb-08 - Plotting 2D functions
• 12-Feb-08 - Solving systems of equations and using fopen
• 19-Feb-08 - Notes and symbolic operations
• 21-Feb-08 - Numerical analysis and systems of equations
• 28-Feb-08 - Plotting systems of equations



• 4-Mar-08 - Solving systems of equations
• 6-Mar-08 - Review and what is on Test 2
• 11-Mar-08 - Interpolation
• 13-Mar-08 - Line fit to data and numerical integration
• 18-Mar-08 - Solving a Matrix graphically and solving ODE's
• 20-Mar-08 - Using ODE45 on MATLAB to solve ODE's
• 25-Mar-08 - Use Simulink to solve ODE's



• 8-Apr-08 - Solving a Mass-Spring-Damper system with Simulink
• 10-Apr-08 - Test 3 information
• 15-Apr-08 - Boe-Bot project
• 17-Apr-08 - Boe-Bot project

• Lab 1 - Using matrix operations
• Lab 2 - Creating a GUI
• Lab 3 - Editing user defined functions
• Lab 4 - Using fscanf
• Lab 5 - Reading files and solving matrices
• Lab 6 - Reading files and solving matrices. Solve problems 8.10 and 8.29 from book
• Lab 7 - Solving 12.12 (a) and (c) using MATLAB ODE45 solver
• Lab 8 - Solving a 1st, 3rd, and 5th order ODE using MATLAB and Simulink
• Lab 9 - Using Simulink embedded functions

• Test 1 - Using A GUI
• Example Test 2 - Solving matrices, use loops, and display using fprintf and functions
• Test 2 - Solving matricides, reading and writing data, data fitting to a curve, and plotting
• Example Test 3 - Solving a differential equation using MATLAB's ODE45 solver, Simulink's Embedded function, and Simulink's Transfer function

Synopsis

The goal of this project was to have Boe-Bot 1 travel to a rotating platform and pick a Lego off of the platform. Having retrieved the Lego, Bot 1 moves to an exchange zone where Boe-Bot 2 is waiting. In the exchange zone Bot 1 exchanges the Lego with Bot 2, so that Bot 2 can then take the Lego to a drop off point. Once Bot 2 reaches the drop off point it stacks the lego on top of other Legos and returns back to the exchange zone so that this procedure can occur two more times. For more information see the Final Project Report below.

Project Teem

Project Report and Presentation

Bot 1 refers to the Boe-Bot that picks up the Lego from the rotating platform and Bot 2 refers to the Boe-Bot that stacks the Lego.
Note that the first six sub links work better using the IE browser (Internet Explorer). For those who don't use IE see the PDF version.

• Final Project Report - Contains the project description and all the information listed below (PDF format).
• Bot 1 Top Board Schematics - Electrical schematics for Boe-Bot 1 top board (also in PDF Format)
• Bot 1 Bottom Board Schematics - Electrical schematics for Boe-Bot 1 the top board (also in PDF Format)
• Bot 2 Top Board Schematics - Electrical schematics for Boe-Bot 2 the top board (also in PDF Format)
• Bot 2 Bottom Board Schematics - Electrical schematics for Boe-Bot 2 the bottom board (also in PDF Format)
• Boe-Bot 1 FlowChart - Programming flowchart for Boe-Bot 1 (also in PDF Format)
• Boe-Bot 2 FlowChart - Programming flowchart for Boe-Bot 2 (also in PDF Format)
• Project Schedule - Gantt Chart
• Power Point Presentation - The presentation given before the class (also available as a PowerPoint file)

Project Source Code

• Code used in the demonstration
• Bot 1 Top Board Code
• Bot 1 Bottom Board Code
• Bot 2 Top Board Code
• Bot 2 Bottom Board Code
• Boe-Bot duet of Beethoven's fifth symphony
• Bot 1's Part
• Bot 2's Part

Project Photos

Boe-Bot 1

Top View

Isometric View

Front View

Right View

Boe-Bot 2

Top View

Isometric View

Front View

Right View

Project Videos

Setup for Roboto's
Demonstration. Info

Roboto's Lego
Demonstration. Info

See Aaron's Interest page to see all of the other Parallax projects Aaron has done.

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