Colony » Colony Scout

11/17/2011

08:15 PM Task #1819 (Fixed): Create ROS Node: Headlights

Finished creating node and libheadlights.(cpp/h) in libscout, as well as adding headlights into other parts of libsco... Ben Wasserman

11/16/2011

06:33 PM Task #1862: Control Motors (ARM)

To enable use of PWM on the kernel, we need to use this kernel module:
https://github.com/scottellis/omap3-pwm
Ge... Alexander Lam

11/14/2011

02:28 PM Task #1817: Create ROS Node: Buttons

ROS node structure created, compiles committed. Priyanka Deo

02:27 PM Task #1828: Create ROS Node: Cliffsensors

Node structure created, compiles, and committed Priyanka Deo

12:11 AM Task #1822: Create ROS Node: Accessory

Finished basic skeleton. Need to actually construct functions for height and range etc. Willis Chang

11/13/2011

11:46 PM Task #1920 (Assigned): Get Old Boards and Funding Info

Talk to Brian Kirby and ask him for the 10 or so new & populated colony III boards he has, so we can swap them with t... Priyanka Deo

11:44 PM Task #1919 (Assigned): Power Up Rest of Scoutfly

Power Up/ Test Rest of scoutfly, while waiting for power boards to come back.
From KWoo's email:
You can probably... Priyanka Deo

11:40 PM Task #1918 (Wontfix): Get Readings from Sonar

Hook up PWM ports of sonar and get sonar readings. Priyanka Deo

11/12/2011

03:46 AM Task #1819: Create ROS Node: Headlights

I created the node, but it doesn't have low level implementation yet. I also haven't written libheadlights, which pro... Ben Wasserman

07:09 PM Task #1873: ROSSERIAL on ARM

Tasks:
1. Figure out how to interface rosserial repository with ours. (mercurial to git). Repo contains ROSSERIAL ... Priyanka Deo

11/11/2011

03:31 AM Task #1893: Power ROS Node

Pretty sure gumstix/ARM doesn't have acpi. that's an x86 thing.
Check with abe, the board has a custom solution (a... Alexander Lam

02:15 AM Task #1893 (Feedback): Power ROS Node

Node structure is commited to the repository. Can't do much more until the AVR is spitting power data at me, unless t... Jeff Cooper

02:16 AM Task #1820 (Fixed): Create ROS Node: Power

See #1893 Jeff Cooper

11/10/2011

06:16 PM Task #1917 (Fixed): Get Readings from Sonar

Get PWM readings from Sonar. Will confirm by email type of output. Priyanka Deo

10:06 PM Task #1829: Create ROS Node: BOM

Bam!!! There are only a few more things to review. Also there was one thing that was out of my hands/knowledge. James Carroll

11/09/2011

06:53 PM Bug #1892: Create Alarm Clocks

Turns out that ros already has timers baked in.
http://www.roboticsclub.org/redmine/projects/colonyscout/wiki/ScoutO... Alexander Lam

06:53 PM Task #1818: Create ROS Node: Timer

Turns out that timers are baked into ros, so we don't need to do anything here
http://www.roboticsclub.org/redmine/p... Alexander Lam

06:04 PM Task #1724: Money Requisition

Send email to Brian Kirby about last big colony donation and getting populated colony boards. Work with Priya. Send t... Priyanka Deo

12:37 AM Task #1909 (Fixed): Merge Mailing Lists

Need to merge Scout, rc-colony, and rc-colony-new mailing lists. Priyanka Deo

11/07/2011

06:05 PM Task #1877: Wireless on ARM

All the wireless will be handled by the AVR, not the ARM. I'm planning on using the library David Schultz and I were ... Ben Wasserman

04:48 PM Task #1907 (Assigned): Check speaker magnet interference with IMU/Compass

Will placing a small speaker near the compass (less than 1" away) cause interference due to the magnetic fields?
I... Dan Shope

11/06/2011

06:04 PM Task #1880 (Invalid): Test AVR configuration

Alexander Lam wrote:
> Impossible to do this since the AVR we are using is not available in a bread-board compatible... Alexander Lam

06:03 PM Task #1880: Test AVR configuration

Impossible to do this since the AVR we are using is not available in a bread-board compatible package.
Kevin Woo &... Alexander Lam

11/05/2011

03:05 PM Task #1845: Single BOM Test

The receiver works with a TV remote from across the room. The emitter has too small a viewing angle, and the receiver... Thomas Mullins

11:56 AM Enhancement #1808: Video for Scout Intro

Another option (not the same thing, but also cool as a presentation) is to make a Prezi www.prezi.com. Dan Shope

11:54 AM Bug #1533 (Assigned): Resize drill holes for USB Mini B

Yes, the part(s) that did not fit were the solder lugs intended for a physical only connection to the PCB. I had to u... Dan Shope

11:52 AM Bug #1585: Fix DS2786 Footprint

Ok, we will have to examine the ScoutFly boards and compare against the physical part. I know that when I tried solde... Dan Shope

11/04/2011

06:22 PM Bug #1585: Fix DS2786 Footprint

DS2786 datasheet does not specify the package dimensions directly, just that it is TDFN10. Unable to find a datasheet... Abraham Levkoy

05:17 PM Bug #1533 (Fixed): Resize drill holes for USB Mini B

Abraham Levkoy

05:16 PM Bug #1533: Resize drill holes for USB Mini B

All drill holes match the specification in the data sheet. I assumed that the drill holes that were too small were th... Abraham Levkoy

04:32 PM Task #1868 (Duplicate): Scoutfly Boards

I already have a ticket for this task Abraham Levkoy

04:28 PM Task #1898 (Fixed): Add Doxygen link to Coding standards page

Abraham Levkoy

11/02/2011

06:41 PM Task #1823: Create ROS Node: Encoders

Lalitha finished creating the node. Ben is now adding the driver level code to it. Ben Wasserman

10:08 PM Task #1899 (Fixed): Add ECE people to mailing list

Added Julian and Sai. Priyanka Deo

10/31/2011

05:54 PM Task #1899 (Fixed): Add ECE people to mailing list

Add the ECE people you mentioned to the mailing list so they can be reminded to come to the meeting
DO THAT
Add l... Ben Wasserman

05:48 PM Task #1898 (Fixed): Add Doxygen link to Coding standards page

Ben Wasserman

11:30 AM Task #1886: Spec Out and Buy IMU

A three axis magnetometer should function as a digital compass. Julian Binder

10/29/2011

06:16 PM Task #1868: Scoutfly Boards

PowerBoard Schematic Finished
Sent to KWoo for approval
* Then we can start with the board get boards done within a... Priyanka Deo

06:02 PM Task #1886: Spec Out and Buy IMU

Accelerometer: $7.79
http://search.digikey.com/us/en/products/ADXL345BCCZ-RL7/ADXL345BCCZ-RL7CT-ND/2038984
Data... Priyanka Deo

05:52 PM Task #1895 (New): Control Headlights

Write functions to control the headlights (turn on, off, set color) from the ARM. Priyanka Deo

05:51 PM Task #1894 (Assigned): USB Serial on ARM

Write functions to read and write from USB Serial Port. Priyanka Deo

05:50 PM Task #1893 (Wontfix): Power ROS Node

Read and report power information from battery to ARM Priyanka Deo

05:49 PM Bug #1892 (Fixed): Create Alarm Clocks

Create something to use unix time and be an alarm clock on Scout. Priyanka Deo