Week 8: Test Frame Arduino Code

For this week, I researched methods on how we could use a mechatronic system to simulate the half-scale track with a test frame. The test frame will be used to showcase our design at Maker Faire, since we do not plan on transporting the half-scale track to Maker Faire. I figured the best way to simulate the track is with an actuator that moves a rail within a range of -17 to 17 degrees. A switch will be used to toggle between a joystick that is user-controlled and a default mode that simply traverses the track between -17 and 17 degrees in a loop.