Tiffany Chiang

tchiang@andrew.cmu.edu

Alumni in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tea Time

Are you tired of ordering milk tea all the time to only find it to be too sweet or lack tea flavor?

@ehcho, @kylow, @jaimechu, @tchiang

Orient Express

A bento vending machine powered by Venmo 🍱

@tchiang, @yiluny, @karleunt, @apnayak

Cone BotπŸ”ΊπŸ€–

A small friend to help you with all your cone picking and placing needs

@tchiang, @apnayak, @szz, @ekusuma, @alicel

Tea Time 15 Jan 2016, 12:16 a.m. EST
1/14: Tea enclosure complete, final assembly underway.
Tea Time 15 Jan 2016, 12:17 a.m. EST
1/15: Tea enclosure complete, final assembly underway.
Tea Time 15 Jan 2016, 12:37 a.m. EST
1/15: hello
Tea Time 14 Jan 2016, 9:36 p.m. EST
1/14: Successfully sent FSR data from master to slave.
Tea Time 14 Jan 2016, 11:14 p.m. EST
1/14: Soldered RTD and FSR to perf boards. Sub-system testing.
Tea Time 15 Jan 2016, 6 a.m. EST
1/15 5:57 Connected and tested all hardware (except RTD), velcro-ed all units into tea enclosure. Testing pumps with water soon!
Tea Time 15 Jan 2016, 12:15 a.m. EST
1/14: Tea enclosure complete, final assembly underway.
Tea Time 15 Jan 2016, 12:13 a.m. EST
1/14: Tea enclosure complete, final assembly underway.
Tea Time 15 Jan 2016, 4:29 a.m. EST
1/15 4:27AM All motors wired and running with test master/slave program
Tea Time 15 Jan 2016, 6:38 a.m. EST
1/15 6:33AM Final touches to the UI. Currently rewiring all modules to centralized power distribution and I2C. Edwin and Jaime are hungry and tired. Justin and Tiffany are just tired. Edit: Edwin is not tired.
Orient Express 19 Jan 2017, 12:11 a.m. EST
---- Day 2 ---- backend credit card transaction complete (using Stripe instead of Venmo due to Venmo API deprecation) GUI for raspberry pi touchscreen complete Arduino code for running servos complete Took measurements for cooler to for lazer cutting shelves, front panel, flaps, servo latches, raspberry pi and master switch housing
Orient Express 19 Jan 2017, 12:18 a.m. EST
--- Day 3 To-Do --- Machine body: - Create vector drawings for lazer cutting, cut wood into smaller size to fit lazer cutter, lazer cut pieces and assemble - create housing for pi, power supply, and touch screen Arduino/locks: - lazer cut latch, wire up LED indicators and servos - either use battery power or AC power supply to power servos Pi/touch screen: - test verification code synchronization between Pi and server - find microSD and test code
Track-o-matic 🚌 πŸ“ΊβŒš 16 Jan 2018, 7:58 p.m. EST
6pm: Finished prototype of one split flap module, tested with stepper motor running.
Track-o-matic 🚌 πŸ“ΊβŒš 16 Jan 2018, 8 p.m. EST
8pm: Making adjustments to shaft, re-printing stator and rotor pieces. Designing stencils for bus routes and time.
Track-o-matic 🚌 πŸ“ΊβŒš 16 Jan 2018, 8:59 p.m. EST
9pm: Finished cutting stencils and flaps, spray painting some test flaps.
Track-o-matic 🚌 πŸ“ΊβŒš 16 Jan 2018, 11:09 p.m. EST
10pm: Finished printing another module, spray painted one side of all chipboard flaps black (two coats).