Week 8 Update

In this week, the problem with the short movements have been fixed. The motors are know strongly enforced by hot glue to stay in their place even if a force is acted on it. The coding was needed to be slightly changed of the placement of the keys - a simple fix as a result from putting the motors back on. A button was added, so whenever, it is pushed the cat starts to play the song on the xylophone. In the first meeting of the week (lecture), the cat was programmed to play a simple melody and discussed a new way on how to cover up all the wires and components. It was obvious, all those parts could not be put in the cat, not because it will not fit, but because the team didn't want to mess up the placement of  the motors and the mallets that there already in the cat. 3D printing, laser cutting, and cutting wood by hand was the three options. the covering was created in SolidWorks with the exact dimensions (see below). We submitted it to the 3D printers, but later realized the covering was too big for 3D printing. This matter was pushed up to be concerned with in week 9. In the second meeting (lab), the cat was finally programmed to the desired full song, which the team calls "Gloria Had A Little Lamb."

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