This week I focused on researching and understanding how to transmit data from the Raspberry Pi to the NVIDIA Jetson. There will be a lot of data communicated from the Ultrasonic sensors and camera, and I researched how this data will be communicated across both platforms. As we will be ordering our materials this week, we wanted all group members to be prepared to start working on this project immediately, so we mainly focused on researching and getting a more tangible understanding of our project.
Furthermore, I began to look at different materials to communicate data across these two devices. For example, I looked into using WIFI, Serial UARTs, sockets, or ethernet cables, but figured that because we are dealing with sending real-time images and video, an ethernet cable may be the better option as it’s more reliable at dealing with large amounts of data.
My progress as of now is on schedule as I now know how the data communication will work between the Raspberry Pi and the NVIDIA Jetson. Next week, my goal is to test the ultrasonic sensors with various objects across different distances to gain a better understanding of the limitations of the ultrasonic sensors.
