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Building Gearbox Dynamometer
Built a custom marine gearbox dynamometer with torque sensors, motor control, CAN bus, and a Python dashboard for durability testing.
The Arduino Due captures sensor data, transmits it via CAN bus, and also acts as an error detector and fault trigger, stopping the system if needed. To manage the database and monitor the data real-time, I built a custom Python dashboard using Tkinter, with CAN bus integration using an IXXAT to USB converter. Instead of managing multiple analog sensors on the input pins of the Arduino Due, a more robust solution would be using a purpose-built data acquisition system (DAQ).
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