A majority of this week was researching the parts list and fleshing out how the frisbee controller would be implemented. We have settled on using a RPi 5 and an Arduino Nano ESP32 for our microcontrollers, a BNO085 Smart IMU for the IMU, and a VL53L8CX for our ToF sensor. We have also settled on using OpenPose to get spatial information that is critical to our design. I have requested the RPi 5 from the 18-500 Parts List, and I have an Arduino Uno at home that I have started tinkering around and writing code with. We are planning to order the sensors and the other microcrontroller later next week, after our Design Presentation.
The other majority of my week was used on putting together the presentation slide deck and creating our block diagrams.
Songting’s Status Report for Sept 21
This week, I successfully set up Unity Engine on my MacBook. I registered for an educational account, granting me access to the full range of Unity features. I created a dummy project and explored various functionalities. Following a brief tutorial on YouTube, I built a simple model in Unity and added physics properties, such as Rigidbody and Gravity. Additionally, I linked the object to a C# code file that allows me to apply force and move the object around.
I feel like I’m making good progress this week; understanding the basics is crucial. For next week, I plan to collaborate with my teammates to finalize the game UI and start searching for resource packs online or in the Unity Asset Store that we can utilize.