Meeting Minutes 02-09-2009¶

What's New?¶

• We now have a website, twitter, tumblr
  • Assign & distribute passwords?
  • Teams can update progress on Tumblr or Twitter
• Scoutfly boards ordered (ordered 4 boards)

To do¶

• Components need to be ordered (making 3 boards?)
  • Bill of Materials
    • How to manage this (using excel & wiki)
• ScoutBOM
  • Test range, interference
• BreakFly
  • Finalize footprint, connectors, connector location, etc.
• FlySwatter Debug Board
  • Final call for requirements
  • FTDI w/ 2 UARTS (ARM + AVR)
  • Moar LEDs!!
  • Order (2)
    • Order a panel of small boards
• Plan for OS and Software Development?
  • Let's outline some (realistic) deadlines

Purchase List¶

• Components for Scoutfly
  • Purchase ASAP, need to figure out total order cost (for at least 3 boards)
• ScoutBOM Parts
• BreakFly parts
• Debug board parts
• Other hardware?

Major Review before Final Build¶

• Get eyes on every part of the robot, make sure things fit together
  • Yes, this means checking data sheets, SolidWorks, etc.
• Wiring is a big issue
  • Directly soldering components instead of using headers for everything
    • Keeps costs down, but harder to swap components
  • Accessory Port
    • Mounted on Breakfly (or if that fails, run a wire)

Budget Review¶

• Costs have lifted baseline from $400 to $500
  • Still under $500 -- platform worth a lot more with labor & machining
  • Looking to keep board cost under $40 manufactured (+components ~ $220)
• Could eliminate cliff sensors or sell as add-on
• ScoutBOM hasn't been factored into cost -- could be an addon but would like to keep on base model
• Money ($1800 in the bank)
  • Colony III is spending some very soon... total?

Marketing¶

• Review page about pricing schemes, etc MarketingIdeas
  • Base model, student pricing
• Moving forward with tech transfer, "commercialization"
  • Concerns about enforcement, like the idea of leasing
  • Maintenace? Support?
    • Community Forum

Other Stuffs¶

• Need to finish charging station

Things to ditch¶

• Cliff sensors (-$14.00)
  • Keep track of position, back through
• Sonar (-$25.00)
  • Just use front for now
• USB A (-$5.00)
• Ethernet? Leave it in for now

OS Updates¶

• PREX Compiles, no shell screen
• Next Steps
  • Joining dev community
    • Is it still alive?
• OS Boots, Networking
• Helps (Embedded OS)
  • Koopman, Priya, Anthony Rowe, Karthik, Cornell