MeetingMinutes20131022¶

Intro labs¶

http://roboticsclub.org/redmine/projects/colonyscout/wiki/Intro_Labs

Lab 1 is out. Do it!

This Friday from 5-8ish Priya will be holding Intro Lab office hours in roboclub. Come do it! Yay!

Status meeting¶

Electrical Hardware¶

This week:

• Worked on Eagle Layout and started BOM Layout
• Fixed main board issue with level converter interfering with gumstix.
• BOM boards:
  • Vcc
  • GND
  • Reset
  • SCL
  • SDA

Next week:

• Finish layout for BOM
• More work on main board

High Level Software¶

This week:

• No meeting this past week

Next week:

• Have a meeting and do things

Low Level Software¶

This week:

• Began looking into i2c bootloader.
• Began writing USI i2c code (since the old Atmega i2c code won't work on an Attiny).
• Began BOM tranmission code.

Next week:

• Continue work on new BOM software.

Mechanical Hardware¶

This week:

• Met and discussed design for back of Scout
• Discussed the goal of the Scout - modular robotics

Next week:

• Take CAD Model and start designing chassis for back
• Design attachment for back ("special feature")