Post 2, Week 8 (July 13 – July 19)
Sunday, 7/19/09
PROGRESS
This weekend I finished a little power supply that will take a 9V DC battery voltage and regulate it down to 5 V. This will power the PIC, the LCD screen, the TTS module, etc. I have included a switch as well, to let me turn the power on and off instead of having to connect and disconnect the battery each time. The power supply will go in the back of the speaker box. I have also been working on the connections between the wires and the sensors. I have soldered pins to the end of the wires, so that these pins can be plugged straight in to the sensors. I soldered the accelerometer to a little mini-board, and this board will be mounted on the top of the hand. I will try to get some pictures of this to help give a better idea of what is going on.
