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A project log for Our Microplate Reader

not just a test now :D progress records of a group of high school students building a microplate reader yeah

grace-qiuGrace Qiu 02/18/2021 at 12:350 Comments

We fixed the belt on with our new belt holder!

Also, we finished most of our optical train assembly, referencing the 

Since the base plate for the optical train lacks a ditch on it, 

we used CNC coupled with the 360 Fusion to cut.

Lastly, we perfected the code for xy-axis movement.

String protocolString = ""; boolean protocolWait = false; String parsedString = ""; int startIndex = 0; String totalString = "";

String ledString = "";
unsigned long Xstepcount = 0;
unsigned long Ystepcount = 0; 
unsigned long Xstep = 0;
unsigned long Ystep = 0;
unsigned long Xmili = 0;
unsigned long Ymili = 0;
unsigned long Xstep1 = 0;
unsigned long Ystep1 = 0;
unsigned long Xstep_prev = 0;
unsigned long Ystep_prev = 0;
int period = 0;
void initOutput() {
  //digitalWrite(ENNpin,HIGH);   // Disable motors
  //We are going to overwrite the Timer1 to use the stepper motors
  // STEPPER MOTORS INITIALIZATION
  // TIMER1 CTC MODE
  TCCR1B &= ~(1<<WGM13);
  TCCR1B |=  (1<<WGM12);
  TCCR1A &= ~(1<<WGM11); 
  TCCR1A &= ~(1<<WGM10);

  // output mode = 00 (disconnected)
  TCCR1A &= ~(3<<COM1A0); 
  TCCR1A &= ~(3<<COM1B0); 

  // Set the timer pre-scaler
  // Generally we use a divider of 8, resulting in a 2MHz timer on 16MHz CPU
  TCCR1B = (TCCR1B & ~(0x07<<CS10)) | (2<<CS10);

  //OCR1A = 125;  // 16Khz
  //OCR1A = 100;  // 20Khz
  OCR1A = 80;   // 25Khz
  TCNT1 = 0;

  TIMSK1 |= (1<<OCIE1A);  // Enable Timer1 interrupt
  //digitalWrite(ENNpin, LOW);   // Enable stepper drivers
}// System Inialization Setup
const int dirpin = 13;
const int steppin =  12;
const int enpin = 8;
const int dirpin2 = 4;
const int steppin2 =  7;
int stepstate = LOW;
unsigned long pM = 0;
unsigned long pM2 = 0;
int vt = 1000;

void setup() {
  pinMode(dirpin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(dirpin2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(steppin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(steppin2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(enpin, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(dirpin, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(dirpin2, LOW);
  digitalWrite(steppin, LOW);
  digitalWrite(steppin2, LOW);
  digitalWrite(enpin, LOW);
  pinMode(2, INPUT);
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  Serial.begin(115200);
  while (!Serial) {
    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for native USB
  }
  pinMode(2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(3, OUTPUT);
  initOutput();
}

void loop() {
//  Serial.println("pass");
  if (Serial.available() > 0) {
    protocol

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