This week I worked on the proposal with Sara. We had to flesh out our use case and requirements so that we could justify everything in our proposal. When coming up with the implementation for our design, I did research into which parts would be necessary for our robot and why certain parts would be better than others. After doing some research into the Ultra 96-V2 FPGA and the KRIA KR260, and talking to professors and TAs, I decided that we should go forward with the Ultra 96-V2 FPGA to begin with. I did some research into Vitis and how it would be used to receive the IMU data and output signals to the motors.
Our progress is on schedule. We started to purchase a few parts, just to test out their compatibility with the FPGA and will begin testing next week. The FPGA is already ready for pickup, so I plan on setting it up so that when the motor and motor driver arrive, the integration should be smoother. In the next week, we will continue to figure out the design and implementation of our robot, such as what materials and parts will be necessary for the platform. In the next week, we plan to have a complete list of parts necessary for the order and will place the order as soon as we have everything ready. This will ensure that we have the entire design complete so that we are well-prepared for the design presentation.