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11/16/2011

06:33 PM Colony Scout 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...

11/11/2011

03:31 AM Colony Scout 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...

11/09/2011

06:53 PM Colony Scout Bug #1892: Create Alarm Clocks
Turns out that ros already has timers baked in.
http://www.roboticsclub.org/redmine/projects/colonyscout/wiki/ScoutO...
06:53 PM Colony Scout 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...

11/06/2011

06:04 PM Colony Scout 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...
06:03 PM Colony Scout 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 &...

10/26/2011

06:49 PM Colony Scout Task #1880 (Invalid): Test AVR configuration
Today it was discussed with Abe and Dan J that our AVR pin configuration may be completely untested.
The plan is t...

10/15/2011

07:17 PM Colony Scout Task #1789: Test Cliff Sensors
Tested 3 cliff sensors mounted on chassis. Same power for test rig. Made sure batteries stayed above 6v for all of te...

10/14/2011

03:03 AM Colony Scout Task #1825: Create ROS Node: Wireless
Assignment changed to Prashant as per last status meeting.

10/08/2011

12:49 AM Colony Scout Task #1789: Test Cliff Sensors
Preliminary Test Results:
Test Rig:
Power: Colony 5xNi-MH battery pack (charged, or at least above 6v for entire te...

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