Construction

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Mock-up: Initial Construction Piece

Initial sketch-up of model

Changes need to make to Mock-up:
​- Change to Polystyrene sheets that can be easily modified
- Bigger box
- Need to see how it functions with a heat lamp
- build lamp holder with wood rather than metal

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Final Construction Piece:

Materials used:

Polystyrene Sheets

Heat Lamp

Duct tape

CNC is used to cut polystyrene sheets
Laser cutter used to create lamp holder

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Part 1: Testing Materials
- try to keep each material around 1 ft by 1 ft
​- tiles bought at Home Depot
- materials are placed at the bottom of the box

Color Differences
- Wood planks and metal sheets are painted back and white
- 2 layers of paint 

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Electronics Control Strategy:

Arduino used to collect live time ambient temperature recordings

Arduino

Breadboard

Jumper Wires

DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor

LCD Display

​Code and set-up taken from here:
http://www.circuitbasics.com/how-to-set-up-the-dht11-humidity-sensor-on-an-arduino/

HOBO sensor used to collect ambient and surface temperature

Infrared Imaging Camera used to collect visual data

HOBO data logger (ambient)

TMC6-HD Temperature Sensor

Infrared Imaging Camera

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Schedule and Budget

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