Arden’s Status Report for 10/08

This week I focused on calculating the power consumption for the design presentation. I used Semtek’s LoRa calculator to estimate the current draw of running the routing algorithm. After getting some feedback on the previous TX-schedule distribution algorithm, we decided to pivot to another approach which was both more power efficient and took less time to run. The final numbers calculated for the design presentation considered primarily a 30min sensor sampling rate, and tree-reforming period. I also spent some time working on the design document, consolidating the various aspects of the routing algorithm, and parsing through essential details. Next week I will begin developing the TDM STP protocol on the dev boards themselves, and will finalize the design document.