... ways to move toward a welldesigned project Visiting some of those recently completed projects can give an owner an opportunity to look at the architect’s work and talk to those former clients to ... meeting with the bidding contractors and engaging in idle talk can reveal much to both owner and contractor An owner who seems to be reasonable will appeal to a contractor and make him or her possibly ... service is key to avoiding that recycling process of redesigning and rebidding The design-build delivery system appears to be best suitedto an owner with past experience in similar projects that...
... GoToMeeting to hold online meetings, GoToWebinar to conduct larger web events, GoToTraining to train customers or employees, GoToMyPC to access and work on a remote Mac® or PC, GoToAssist to provide ... reserved Citrix is a registered trademark of Citrix Systems, Inc GoTo, GoToAssist, GoToMeeting, GoToMyPC, GoToTraining and GoToWebinar are trademarks of Citrix Online, LLC, and may be registered ... example, using established controlling tools to verify partial results As a result, risks often go undetected The consequences are dire: projects delay, stop too late (if necessary), go over budget...
... process (thus saving money) to attracting more customers to a business to simple sales for an off-the-shelf product All of these are fairly easy to put a dollar figure to but all of them are based ... way to think of this is as finding the ideal solution to the stakeholder’s current problems Requirements capture also needs to be fast Projects have a tendency to bog down at this stage and to ... for larger-scale projectsto control their risk is to appoint a risk management officer The risk management officer’s responsibility is to identify all the risks to a project and to prioritise and...
... and two tests appear to be very close to each other for all cases (data not shown), which is in agreement with the asymptotic in linear models In a linear model, the asymptotic distribution of ... from 50 to 1000, i.e from the number of progeny per sire to the total number of progeny The power of the T! test is slightly larger than that of the Ttest only in cases where the QTL leading to heteroskedasticity ... a simplified situation A very informative marker, linked totally to the QTL was assumed to exist, and the residual variance was assumed to be known (20 sires and 50 progeny per sire) The T and...
... Robotic Arm Servomotor Building Blocks for Robotics Basic Servomotor Bracket Assembly Assembling MultipleServomotor Assemblies Building a FiveServomotor Robotic Arm Servomotors Servomotor Controllers ... Observed Behavior Building a Walter Tortoise Drive and Steering Motors Modifying the HS425BB Servomotor Sheet Metal Fabrication Shell Finding the Center of Gravity Attaching Bumper to Robot Base Bumper Switch ... Being inexpensive singlechip computers, microcontrollers are easy to embed into larger electronic circuit designs. Their ability to store and run unique pro grams makes them extremely versatile. For instance, one can program a microcontroller to make decisions and perform functions based on situations...
... command brings one up a single level in the directory hierarchy Using the cd\ command brings one up to the root directory regardless of how deep (levels) one has moved into subdirectories The root directory is the top of the directory hierarchy ... If you are still in the same DOS session as in last chapter and want to con tinue to use DOS to install the EPIC software, skip down to the “Installing the EPIC Software, DOS Version” section For those who wish to use Windows to install this software, ... The first thing you need to do is to create a subdirectory on your computer’s hard drive for the PicBasic compiler software I will use Windows Explorer (Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP) to create this directory...
... ‘First PicBasic program to wink two LEDs connected to port b loop: high 0 ‘Turn on LED connected to pin rb0 low 1 ‘Turn off LED connected to pin rb1 pause 500 ‘Delay for .5 second low 0 ‘Turn off LED connected to pin rb0 ... Message box window used to temporarily close printer driver to provide better access to printer port for EPIC programmer er The programming board must be connected to the printer port with power applied to the ... pause 500 goto loop ‘Turn on LED connected to rb0 ‘Turn off LED connected to rb1 ‘Wait 1/2 second ‘Turn off LED connected to rb0 ‘Turn on LED connected to rb1 ‘Wait 1/2 second ‘Loop backrepeat cycle blink & wink forever...
... The breadboard on the right is similar but provides a larger prototyping area If you wish to make any circuit permanent, you can transfer the components onto a standard printedcircuit board and solder it together with the ... program into the PICmicro chip When it is finished, the micro controller is programmed and ready to run You can verify the program if you like by hitting (or highlighting) the Verify button ... program that is uploaded (programmed) into the 16F84 microcontroller I have noticed that when I place a brand new PICmicro 16F84 chip into the EPIC compiler to program, EPIC always reports ...
... the user can read or write to the port, using a port B address (decimal number 6) Here is an example Suppose we want to make all port B lines output lines To do so, we need to put a binary 0 in each bit position in the TRISB register ... any number we write to port B If we want to turn on the LEDs connected to RB2 and RB6, we need to place a binary 1 at each bit position on port B reg ister To accomplish this, we look at the bit weights associated with each line ... bers (4 � 64 � 68) and write that number into the port B register When we write the number 68 into the port B register, the LEDs connected to RB2 and RB6 will light To configure port A, we use the TRISA register,...
... reminding him of a robotic mating ritual or territorial marking behavior Building a Walter Tortoise We can imitate most functions in Walter’s famous tortoise My adaptation of Walter’s tortoise is shown in Fig 8.1 To fabricate the chassis, ... Figure 8.3 HS425 servomotor Modifying the HS425BB Servomotor I chose the HS425BB servomotor because I found it to be the easiest servo motor to modify for continuous rotation To create a continuous rotation ser ... Output gear fitted back onto servomotor Figure 8.13 Ready for reassembly of servomotor The output shaft of the servomotor is now free to rotate continuously A pulse width of 1 ms sent 50 to 60 times per second (Hz) will cause the servo...
... Closeup photograph detailing bump switch Photoresistor The CdS photoresistors (see Fig 8.34) used in this robot have a dark resistance of about 100 k� and a light resistance of 10 k� The CdS photoresistors have ... ‘Is it dark enough to sleep? ‘Yes The opposite of sleep mode is the “too bright to live.” If the light becomes too intense, this triggers the avoid mode ‘Is it too bright to see? skp: ‘No sleep—keep moving ... (1) 42oztorque hobby servomotor (HS322) (1) Hobby servomotor (HS425) (1) 23�4indiameter drive wheel (2) CdS photocells, 100 k� dark, 10 k� light (1) 10k�, 1�4W resistor (1) 4.7k�, 1�4W resistor...
... sided tape is cut lengthwise to fit the base of bracket to the gearbox motor The exposed side of the tape is immediately secured to the gearbox motor bracket Then the motor is positioned on the bottom of the vehicle base, ... Back wheels The shaft diameter of the gearbox motor is a little too small to make a good friction fit to the rubber wheel To beef up the diameter, cut a small 1 to 1.5 in length of the 3mm tubing; see Parts List ... we use two CdS photoresistor cells The CdS photoresistors (see Fig 9.18) used in this robot have a dark resistance of about 100 k� and a light resistance of 10 k� The CdS photoresistors typically have...
... Keep the leg attached to the horn Apply power to the servomotor and connect the control line of the servomotor to RB4 This will center the servomotor’s rotational position Now reattach the servomotor horn to the servomotor, ... over to improve and add to this basic walker The program follows: ‘Hexapod walker ‘Notes ‘Servomotor configuration ‘Left leg(s) servomotor connected to rb4 ‘Right leg(s) servomotor connected to rb5 ... Tilt servomotor with brackets ready to be attached to robot base To attach the feelers to the lever, I used a 3/8inlong piece of small rubber tubing I slid two sections of tubing onto the ...
... The screws are inserted though the top bracket holes Hex nuts 190 Chapter Twelve Figure 12.10 Bringing top bracket onto lower bracket to assemble Side view showing horn assembly connected to servomotor Figure 12.11 ... wrist servomotor motor is attached to the gripper first Remove the servomotor horn from the servomotor, if you haven’t done so already, and put the horn screw to the side; we will need it ... command will put the servomotor shaft into its center position The only things missing are a delay and loopback lines to send the pulsout signal to the servomotor 55 times per second So a complete center servomotor...
... Attaching a servomotor horn to servomotor base When the top plate is secured to the bearing, the top of the wood dowel should be right underneath the top plate Place the bottom servomotor brack ... et of the robotic arm on top of the top plate Secure the servomotor bracket (and top plate) to the underlying dowel through the four center holes in the top bearing plate (see Fig 12.46) The top section of the robotic arm is fitted to the base servomotor brack ... goto start max2: b2 = 254 goto start min2: b2 = 75 goto start ‘Routines for servomotor 4 left4: b3 = b3 + 1 if b3 > 254 then max3 goto start right4: b3 = b3 1 if b3
... hole to remove any burrs with a file or deburring tool Assembly When you assemble the servomotors to the servomotor brackets, center each servomotor before attaching the servomotor shaft to the hornbracket assem ... There will be slight variances in your servomotor positions as compared to my prototype due to small variances in the construction You only need to add or remove one line in the entire program to make adjustments, and the line is: goto hold ... Figure 13.8 is the schematic of our bipedal walker robot To achieve maxi mum torque from the servomotors, I needed to run them at 6 V To run the PIC 16F84 at close to 5 V, I incorporated a 1N4007 diode The average volt...
... serout portb.0,4,[254,1,“ ”,#x] goto main Here are the pulse width numbers I needed for the servomotors I used in my prototype robot Function Right servomotor Left servomotor Stop 167 169 Slow backward ... At any time you need or want to reconnect the CMU camera serial interface to a PC, you will need to place the MAX232 chip back onto the board Plug the TTL cable onto the appropriate header pins on the CMU camera ... ter is used to determine range of the object If the object (PIX gets too large) comes too close to the robot, the robot will back away from the object Everything stated about program 2 also applies to this program...
... assembly multipleservomotor assemblies, 189–192 finished product (photograph), 222, 223 parts list, 223–224 servomotor brackets, 185–189 servomotor controllers, 199–215 servomotors, 197–199, 215 Robotic arm gripper, ... 12 Incredible Projects You Can Build, considered a cult classic; Kirlian Photography: A HandsOn Guide; Fantastic Electronics: Build Your Own Negative Ion Generator and Other Projects; and A Step into Virtual ... modes of operation, 88 mounting steering servomotor, 107–108 observed behavior, 88–89 parts list, 123–124 photographs of finished product, 122 photoresistor, 109–111 power, 119–120 program, 115–119...
... heuristics to guide the development using agile methods allows the management of ERP projectsto be placed in a post–normal science context 1.4 ERP Projects are New Ventures The agile methods used to ... customization § Use the vendor’s tools to get something working fast § Avoid customizing a COTS product if at all possible Travel Light § Analyze and Model once, publish many Use technology to ... In the COTS domain, architecture provides the guidance to the development team to direct their creativity How to Implement an ERP System IT projects traditionally use formal management processes...