03/12/2024

From last session, we obtained our code that was working very well without integrating it onto the board. We also found that the skateboard with only carboard is not stable enough when we tilt it. 

So during this session we encircled the cardboard under the skateboard with foam. We cut it to make it have a smoother move, so that the foam follow the natural line of the skateboard. 

However, as the foam was in the shape of a ball it didn't really followed the shape of the skate, so it was making the skateboard kind of static because the balls were higher than the cardboard. 

From this, we knew that we needed a square reshape the foam and cut in diagonal to make an inclination to make the tilt movement more easily. 

Last step from today session was to place the accelerometer on the skateboard. At first, we thought about placing it at the end of the skateboard. However, we soon found out that only three movement were possible because as it is at the end, the movement was smaller on the side where it was placed. 

Finally we tried to put it into the middle of the board and it worked !! ( we put the accelerometer with the Arduino leonardo into a box to protect it from exterior shock or damage).