This week, I worked on getting the robot car to move. I assembled the robot car kit and set up the Teensy 4.1 Board. I had to solder pins onto the Teensy board, as we plan to use jumper wires for the connection points. I followed a tutorial from the PJRC website (https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/first_use.html) to set up the Teensy board, as this was my first time working with it. I also worked on developing the PWM and UART modules. For the UART module, I referenced source code from the PJRC website (https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/uart.html). Although there was no C source code for the PWM module, I used the detailed documentation provided on the PJRC website (https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_pulse.html) and wrote the module in Arduino code for simplicity. Since this was my first time using Arduino, the process took longer than expected. I have not tested either module, but I plan to do so next week. I also spent time completing the ethics assignment, which took longer than anticipated and limited the time I was able to dedicate to testing.
As mentioned in last week’s status report, due to the communication error regarding ordering parts, my timeline in the Gantt chart was pushed back a week. I am still about a week behind schedule, and the limited time available for testing the modules I’ve written has contributed to this delay. I plan to catch up on this work during the slack week we allocated for ourselves before the Intermin Demo.