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Project Title

XY-Plotter

Abstract

The project aims at building a 2D XY-plotter which can efficiently draw 2D figures. The plotter machine is assembled based on the H-bot mechanism where the two stepper motors are on the main chassis connected to the single belt. Both the motors account for the movement of the chassis in X and Y axis. A servo motor is used to control the pen height which is connected to the main chassis. Gcode interpreter is developed in order to make the SJ one board decode the G-code and control the motors accordingly.Sd-card is used to provide the Gcode to the SJ one board.

Objectives & Introduction

XY plotter is a CNC based drawing robot capable of drawing 2D figures. It uses LPC1758 ARM Cortex M3 based microcontroller as a brain of the robot.

The objectives of the project are: - To learn FreeRTOS multitasking and demonstrate it. - - - -

Team Members & Responsibilities

Akshay Kurli
Gaurav Yadav
Pritam Gholap
Tanmay Kishore Jambhekar

Schedule

Week#	Date	Task	Actual
1	03/27	Research different mechanism for plotter assembling. Requirement documentation.List out the parts required.	Completed on 03/31
2	04/03	Order Components	Completed on 04/08
3	04/10	Determine the required software for generating and visualizing the Gcode. Read file from Sd-card and interpret single line G-code.	Completed on 04/11 Completed on 04/30
4	04/17	Test both the stepper motor and servo motor with the SJ one Board. Design the PCB shield for servo and stepper motor.	Completed on 04/19 Completed on 04/23
5	04/24	Assemble the plotter machine. Circuit testing on protoboard. Calculate the relation between G-code values and PWM pulses on both the stepper motors.	Completed on 04/25 Completed on 04/27 Completed on 05/05
6	05/01	Develop the motor task to run both the stepper motors and servo. Run the stepper motor according to interpreted G-code. Test the plotter machine for drawing a straight line (Single line Gcode).	Completed on 05/01 Completed on 05/05 Completed on 05/08
7	05/08	Interface limit switch for determining plotter initial position. Develop the interpreter task to read multi-line G-codes. Establish communication between interpreter task and motor task.	In progress

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