Status Updates: 04/23/10¶
Weeks of 04/09/10 - 04/23/10
- MoM: SURG - Formation Control - Alex, James C., Joel, Echo, Dan J.
- 1.5 weeks
- Presentation type: Poster
- Need to start preparing poster. Need to get to George by Monday before MoM
- Everyone can pitch in. Look at older posters in the club.
- Presenters: Alex and James C.
- Get MATLAB simulation from Brad for poster/video
- Need to start preparing poster. Need to get to George by Monday before MoM
- Formations Videos: film on Wednesday with Jimmy
- Get to Circle
- Equal Spacing
- Group Move
- > 70% probably done by Wednesday
- Problem is in "Smart Turn"
- Unlink (lemmings)
- Compasses - No one stepped up. We don't get to use them. Maybe next year. :(
- Library/Wireless Clean-up - David, Ben W, Abe
- wl_get_basic can now receive packets
- might be a bug when receiving longer packets
- wl_dispatch can now receive packets
- there's corruption in larger packets between the xbee and the dragonfly, so we might have to do our own checksum and acking instead of letting the xbee do it for us
- ACK system can tell if an ack arrived
- still no resending
- equivalent to the old library in this current state
- wl_get_basic can now receive packets
- Scout
- Will it continue? If so, what is the hard game plan?
- Resources have been allocated which need to be accounted for
- If project will not continue after developers leave, then they need to document what they've learned
- Add people to mailing list rc-scout (esp. people staying over the summer)
- HW state
- hardware design is well-documented
- board manufacture (components) has been unsuccessful so far
- Kevin needs someone to pass it off to
- Options
- get rid of ARM, run one or more AVRs
- RI can help if we can commit to it (need younger members who are interested)
- OS - help from group (Qwerk) which got linux kernel on an ARM processor (contact George)
- learn from Brad and Evan wants to help, meet Sunday May 2 @ 2pm
- Alex and Echo (also talk to Ben and Abe)
- learn from Brad and Evan wants to help, meet Sunday May 2 @ 2pm
- Board population/manufacturing/fabrication - single guy in RI possibly willing to instruct (contact George)
- learn from Kevin, meet Sunday May 2 @ 2pm
- Joseph and Dan J.
- learn from Kevin, meet Sunday May 2 @ 2pm
- OS - help from group (Qwerk) which got linux kernel on an ARM processor (contact George)
- Will it continue? If so, what is the hard game plan?
- Demo Folder - Evan
- Filter Design - Emily
- Diagnostic Station - Austin
- Timer Manager - Austin, Brad
- Rangefinders Fitting - Brad, Ben P, Megan