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Gringotts

Below is a log of our Gringotts (aka POE class budget) account balances.

Item Number Vendor Cost (USD)
3/8" rod 4 McMaster 20.25
Bearings 9 McMaster 5.31
Short timing belt 4 McMaster 26.10
24x24 acrylic 1 McMaster 37.60
Electromagnet 1 Amazon 14.63
Iron filings 1 Amazon 8.20
Demo stepper motor 1 Amazon 5.76
Large stepper motor 1 You-do-it Electronics 25.45
Small stepper motor 1 You-do-it Electronics 15.88
Motor shields 2 Robotshop 20.50
Longer timing belt 3 McMaster 28.08
Ball bearings 2 McMaster 9.12
M3 Screws Many McMaster 4.98
MDF 1 McMaster 5.00
Teflon tape 1 roll Amazon 2.25
Magnets 32 Amazon 7.79
Sheet metal (brackets) ~ Metal shop junk bin 2 (Free)
Assorted screws Multiple AC 306 ~1 (Free)
3D printing filament ~ Olin 10 (Free)
Total cost 262.73

A class budget of $250 was alloted, and when we neared that amount just before the end of a project, we were permitted to pass it slightly as long as items of equivalent or greater value were 'sold back' to the POE lab for future use.

Category

  • Project Overview
  • Subsystems
  • Budget
  • About the Team

Resources

  • Course Website
  • The Inspiration
  • You-Do-It Electronics
  • Instructables: Manget Controller
  • Motor Controller
  • Voice Control

About Us

Engineering is basically magic, right? Five students at Olin College of Engineering, doing our best to bring Wizard's Chess to the Muggle world. Also known as the Knights of the Electromagnetic Table.

Track Our Progress:

  • Demo Day - Dec. 15, 2014
  • Calibration - Dec. 13, 2014
  • 2D Motion - Dec. 2, 2014
  • Voice Rec - Nov. 21, 2014
  • 1D Motion - Nov. 7, 2014

Special Thanks To :

  • Aaron Hoover,
  • Siddhartan Govindasamy,
  • Andrew Bennett,
  • POE NINJAs,
  • Fellow POE Students,
  • Our Parents,
  • & many more!

Principles of Engineering, Fall 2014, Olin College
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