Webtrain Decoupling Adam Kadolph EE451 Bradley University Advisors: Dr. Irwin, Dr. Schertz Week 5 Monday 11/13

2 Outline Previous Week Progress Current Week Progress Timeline Next Week Goals Automatic Decoupling Overview

3 Previous Week Spent Morning understanding previous years code –Added plenty of comments in code Afternoon spent working on my own coding –Implemented new menus –Added corresponding function to menus

4 Current Week Progress Mounted decoupling magnet on bypass lane Finished coding of manual decoupling aspect of project –Accomplished several decoupling runs –Added weights to trains for improvements

5 Timeline

6 Next Week Goals Clean up coding and comment Begin design of automatic decoupling aspect of project –Use of LED and Phototransistor as sensor –Output high when connection obstructed –Use Timer 2 with sensor Website Update

7 Why Timer 2? Use Timer 2 in gated counter mode –The sensor output will provide the input When the sensor is obstructed the timer starts Area between cars will stop timer –Can detect a train car –Can determine length of car

8 Automatic Decoupling Overview

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12 Questions? Comments. RET END