Since we have our interim demo next week, I spent this week primarily preparing firmware for both the integration test with the wand chassis and CNN as well as further testing the IR transmission between our wand and the custom receiver. More specifically, this involved doing isolated tests with just the CNN and just the IR transmission as we tried to integrate it on the V2 of the PCB. Though it functions on boards, there are still a few kinks to work out that will be easier to do remotely now that we have isolated the issues and each have the necessary hardware and system knowledge to debug and fix.
Next steps are to continue making the IR transmission more robust both in consistency and maximum range; ideally, we want to be able to demonstrate it working at the range listed in the transceiver datasheet (up to 10m) which will require more thorough testing. Though we had some small roadbumps as discussed in the team status report, I remain on schedule to have the firmware ready to go for Monday and Wednesday’s interim demo next week.
