Design Stage

Today the mechanical team, William Jacobson and Corey Garrigan, used SolidWorks to model the automatic coffee machine assembly. Measurements were taken of our coffee maker and a model of the same scale was created  in SolidWorks. With a 3D model made, we will easily be able to edit our designs and parts from our laptops.

Next, we started to design the parts that will load the water into the coffee maker. We've decided to go a cylinder to hold the water and the bottom panel (of the cylinder) will be able to slide out, allowing water to flow from the cylinder and onto a track that goes into the coffee maker. The stepper motor included in the arduino kit will be used to move the bottom panel.

We've also come to the conclusion that the bottom panel will need to be 3D printed. So, our design of that specific part needs to be finalized soon and sent in for printing if we want it in time.

Written by: William Jacobson

Beginning Work on the Project

After figuring out our project idea we decided to get working on it today. We decided to split our team into two groups based off our knowledge and start planning out the machine.

The electrical team consists of Brendan Ford and Alex Cushing. Together they were able to load the Raspberry Pi with the proper Linux OS and get it configured correctly. They also did some research on other people who had done similar projects and were able to get enough resources together that they feel comfortable putting together some code.

The mechanical team consists of William Jacobson and Corey Garrigan. They began drafting ideas for the loading of water and coffee grounds into the machine. They also began tinkering with the various motors and the Arduino Board.

Significant progress was made today and we feel much better about our plans for the machine.

Written by: Brendan Ford

Team Introduction

Team Coffee Time!

Our goal is to create an automatic coffee maker that is activated via text message.

Team members l-r; Alexander Cushing, Corey Garrigan, William Jacobson, Brendan Ford

Written by: Corey Garrigan