Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Week 8 Progress Report

This week, the programming for the Arduino was completed.

The wiring was also completed, but some complications arose in which the breadboard did not have connectivity where it should have and had connectivity where it shouldn't have been.


The PDLCD was also made by cutting a sheet of ITO-coated plastic with 3 seven-segment displays and 1 one-segment display, but it was discovered after the display was made that we had forgotten to also make room for the colon and AM/PM displays. Afterwards, two grams of PDLC were made by mixing 1.4 grams of Merck nematic LC mixture BL-E7 and 0.6 grams of Norland Optical Adhesive 65. The PDLC was then mixed with glass spacers and spread on the sheet of ITO-coated plastic that had been cut and sandwiched with another sheet of ITO-coated plastic. Finally, the PDLCD was cured by exposing it to a mercury lamp.


No comments:

Post a Comment