Date:         2/12/09

Student Name:          Matthew Rosen

TAs : Mike Pridgen

Thomas Vermeer

Instructors:  Dr. A. Antonio Arroyo

Dr. Eric M. Schwartz

University of Florida

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EEL 5666

Intelligent Machines Design Laboratory

Weekly Report 6

                Got Platform checked off on Monday. Designed and submited a 4 sensors advanced line following board to be cut out on the T-Tech. Hacked a digital food scale (3kg max load 1g resolution) and removed the shear load cell. Tested the load cell and designed an anlog circuit to amplify and clean up the signal. Modified minor aspects of overall platform mounting design. I plan to mount the load cell in the shell  of the scale, as well as some LEDs and possiable my LCD screen, which will then be mounting on the top level of pokerbot. Also in order to decrease the size of the dealing wheel necessary to reach the cards, instead of mounting the entire card shuffler to the robot im am mounding the motors and gearboxs and the shell directly to the platform, bypassing the base of the shuffler. This also removes the shufflers battery pack so the shuffler will be run from the 5V from the board.