Kira’s Status Report for 3/28

This week I made good progress on the DMX system. I got both the transmitter and receiver working and tested them using an oscilloscope to make sure the signal coming out of the receiver matched what was being sent from the transmitter. I haven’t hooked the receiver up to the rest of the fixture yet, but the core communication is working reliably. I also spent time soldering the controller components so that everything is ready for our demo. On the software side, I went through our code files to make sure they’re clean and modular, which should make it much easier to add the motor and other input/output controls later. Overall, the system is coming together and I am excited to demo our project!