Darwin Torres’ Status Report for 3/26

This past week, Matt K and I commenced the integration between the Arduino data processing and Python Screen control interface. Time has been spent understanding how to communicate between the Arduino and our Python interface via USB, which would allow us to send touch control requests to the OS directly from the Arduino. We have a plan outlined and have commenced simple tests for communicating touch type and position. As we wait for the hardware subsystem to be completed, testing will consist of creating dummy coordinates on the Arduino and sending certain commands to the OS through the Python interface. To confirm that the observed output is accurate, we compare with touch control requests sent from a local Python test script. Next week, I will get together with the others to solder the components onto our PCB and hopefully start testing our hardware subsystem. With the slack time we have and the progress I have made, I feel that I am on track with the schedule.