Big update today! Starting off with our build. We ran into a problem with the spool compared to the height of the motor, so my partner and I designed a small 3D printed part that allowed for the motor to be at a higher position for the spool to roll correctly. Furthermore, the design for the build is nearly complete. We drilled a hole into the stand for the motor and used hot glue and a zip tie to secure the motor to the stand. We then hot glued the stand to the board so it is firmly in place. The arguing and bread board were also hot glued to the wooden board. Testing for the new program I made has also begun. I was able to find the solution to the problem with the serial monitor receiving commands. What I had to do was program the arduino to send temperature readings from the one wire temperature sensor ON COMMAND. What this means is that instead of constantly printing and updating the temperatures it is receiving, we instead enter a single letter into the serial monitor to have the arduino print out the temperatures in both Celsius and Fahrenheit. We also were able to get the timing correct for the motor to rotate the spool fully down and fully up. A problem we ran into with this was that the motor suffered a bit more resistance going up than down due to it pulling the weight of the sensor up instead of down. However, we were able to solve this by adding another second of rotation time for the motor to go up instead of down.
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