This week, we worked on the presentation for the design review. Bing and I met on Sunday night and did significant work on the slides and the diagrams. I re drew some schematics for the board. Our group also met outside of class and discussed new plans for the ball return mechanism regarding the gantry and the game board, and also briefly talked with Hyeong on his concerns regarding timing. This week, I also picked up the servo from the recieving lab and am waiting on Bing’s microcontroller to get in so I can fully test the servo’s capabilities. In the meantime, I aked Aiden to bring an exisiting Arduino microcontroller than I can use on Monday while I wait for our main one to arrive.
I would have liked the actual microcontroller we were using to have arrived by now, but unfortunately that was out of our control as we ordered over a week ago. Otherwise, I am confident I can make sufficient progress with a temporary microcontroller as the code should remain the same.
In the next week, I hope to have code written fro the microcontroller and get an idea of how I will integrate the paddle into the game board. I also want to figure out power sources and re order different microcontrollers if needed. From Bing, I also want to understand the BT signal he is sendng better and read more into the library for that.