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#AutoItCan - Official Directions

#AutoItCan – Official Directions

Our goal in our engineering class is to make an automatic trash can. These are the following steps to achieve a fully automatic "AutoItCan." The first step is to actually order the trash can. Our...

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#AutoItCan - Got Trash Can

#AutoItCan – Got Trash Can

Our trash can from Simple Human arrived in the engineering classroom.

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#AutoItCan - Drilled Holes in Trash Can

#AutoItCan – Drilled Holes in Trash Can

Currently in our project, our group drilled holes in our trash can and put screws through them. The holes made room for the motor to fit in. The holes are located to the top part of the trash can and were...

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#AutoItCan -  Purchase Order

#AutoItCan – Purchase Order

Popcorn has just finished out filling our purchase order (P.O.) form! Hopefully we will receive our parts soon and begin building. This is our P.O. paper.

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#AutoItCan - Found the Materials

#AutoItCan – Found the Materials

In this part of our project, our team gathered all of our materials. Here is a list on what to get: Trash CanArduinoServoUltrasonic sensorBreadboardWires These are all of the supplies that are needed...

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#AutoItCan - Starting Planning

#AutoItCan – Starting Planning

We are beginning to build an automatic trash can using motion sensors and other electronics. Here is a link to how Motion Sensors work: https://www.arrow.com/en/research-and-events/articles/how-motion-sensors-work Here...

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#AutoItCan - Determined Roles

#AutoItCan – Determined Roles

The roles are: Popcorn - Project leader Onion - Project post manager Nyjets6565 - Project material manager Now each of us can focus on one part of the project.

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