This week was a pretty big week. It was our first pool test and first water test. The outcomes of both of these were very good as nothing broke and we were able to dial in the weights, and the super unreliable hall effect sensors. This testing also brought along multiple new ideas which included, using two hall effect sensors, and changing the voltage that the hall effect sensors run on.

The idea for the new hall effect senors is to put another sensor on the other side of the plunger, so offset 180 degrees, in order to futher differentiate in hardware where the piston is in the tube. I started drilling these holes, and a tap may or may not have snapped in the hole, so the next order of business is to sort that out. Other than that the hardware side of the float is doing very well, and I am very happy with how it is performing and looking.

Antenna being Potted
This is the antenna after it has been potted. We essentially just put the epoxy in the giant crease where the antenna bends, and then opened then folded it to get it in the back as well, straightened it and then wiped the excess off.
Weights al painted up
Here is the finished product of the weights I made before the break. I am going to have to make a change to one of them, as I need them to be slightly heavier.

Before break There were two major things that were happening. The antenna, and the Weights. The antenna has worked flawlessly now, but the weigts need some fine tuning. When we first put it in the water the mechanism was working great, except the weights were not quite heavy enough. We then came back with some of our old weights, and tried again and it worked. Now all I have to do is manufacture another weight for the new system that adds that amount of weight to the system we already have. This should be pretty easy and I will probably have it done by next week.