Colony

09.04.2009

Topics

• Status Updates
  • Library
    • Encoders - Rich
      • found 1 misaligned encoder
      • need to add to unit test
    • Rangefinders - Abe
      • get ALL rangefinders into working condition - Abe, James, Jimmy, John
      • added documentation
      • need to remap #defines
    • Orbs - Nico
      • unit test: light show
    • Motors - Evan
      • Basic motor test
      • Motors + Interference Test
      • Move.c/.h? leave as is => Exists, but we do not support
    • Potentiometer/Analog - Emily -> James
      • Unit Test Including Walk-through
      • analog #defines map to other ports on the board
        • add new #defines that match the physical board
        • leave old ones alone
      • BOM refresh problem - James
        • calling stops the analog loop, restarts from beginning
        • look into increasing ADC clock speed
        • new branch for analog
    • BOM - Austin
      • BOM 1.5: output switching problem (hardware)
      • new people will use BOM 1.0
    • Wireless - Chris
      • added easy sending / receiving packets
      • default packet group
      • need to abstract away function pointers
      • will add unit test to directory
    • Serial/USB - David
      • Xbee Serial
      • USB Serial
      • USB functions successfully tested
      • Doxygen errors/warnings fixed
      • added tutorial page!
  • Other
    • do something simple test - Brad
      • now working on hunter-prey for presentation to new people
    • Update robot status page - Megan/Jimmy
      • Wheels changed
      • removed charge boards, homing sensors
      • status page is updated, added XBee column
    • Resource chart - JimmyJohn -> Emily
      • timers are ok (but no buzzer)
      • wireless uses rtc
    • DoxyGeneral - Kevin
      • fix your Doxygen errors
      • find new links on redmine under Documentation tab
      • TODO: add readme
• Misc
  • Library Size
    • Trunk is 350 MB, Branches are 615 MB, Total of 965 MB
    • Scout is 480 MB by itself, and has no relation to the rest of the library
      • Consider making it a separate svn archive instead of a branch
  • XBee firmware upgrades
    • problems communicating through "fancy" board
    • TODO: buy a new programmer