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Christmas Themed Marble sorter - Coggle Diagram
Christmas Themed Marble sorter
Hopper
Gumball Machine design
Using a Motor to rotate the Mechanism
Straight Funnel
3d printed
How to stop the hopper from clogging
Motor could shake the hopper to unclog it
Motor can have a block of some sort that spins through the hopper to unclog it and only release 1 ball at a time
Sensor
Optical Sensor
The marble must be right Infront the Sensor and spaced at lest 1mm
Using a Potentiometer to measure the force that the ball exerts on the meter
Using a spring to rest the Meter
Distance Sensor
Could use a distance sensor to detect and object
With help of a motor might be able to keep the flow of marbles at a steady pace
Filter/Sorter
Servo
Rotates left, right or middle depending on type of marble
A channel that that the marble can ride in
Motor
Launches marble in correct cup
coding
Motors
Motors can be used to shuffle the hopper
Motors can be used to stop the marbles from all coming down at once
Repeat until all marbles make it in
repeat 18 times
Sensors
Optical Sensor
Could code for a motor to be spun when a certain color is detected
Distnace Sensor
Code for a motor to be spun when and object its detected
Code for a motor to be spun when an object reaches a certain distance away from the sensor
Christmas Theme
Siding having snow or Red, and White
Hopper can be shaped as a chimney
Ways Of Marble Transport
Use cardstock
use a conveyer
Use masking tape
Motors
Help sort the hopper
Have a motor spin something around the hopper to shake it up
Help sort the marbles
have a motor connect to a track that when the motor moves it moves the track