A lot of this week was spent reading documentation and looking at sample projects using NodeMCU/ESP8266 boards. I did this to have a basic understanding of how our microcontroller would be implemented in our project. I also did this to have a general idea of how developing for these microcontrollers would look like. I also spent time working on our Design Presentation slides, especially the slides that involve my portion of the project,
I would say our progress is still behind schedule, as is to be expected since we restarted our project last week. However I am confident in our ability to complete this project based on our work this week.
As for next week, we plan to complete the Design Report and order some microcontrollers so I can begin my development.
There is no particular course that aided in my portion of our design. Instead, my experience developing with microcontrollers came from my job as a research assistant for Dr. Yang Cai. My work consisted of developing code to be used on an ESP32 microcontroller that would communicate with an Unreal Engine project running on a VR headset.