Accomplishments:
This week, we all spent time nailing down our use-case and requirements, and the MVP which would meet these. Our group has been meeting after class this last week to talk about our design plans and potential changes we might need to make, especially after getting feedback from our proposal presentation. I also spent time familiarizing myself with the ESP-IDF and microROS. Overall, this week was mostly spent researching microcontroller options and how to use RF reflection for target identification.
Since we’ve narrowed down our project’s requirements and have decided to use microROS, Zigbee, and WiFi, I spent time looking at microprocessors which would enable us to use these.
Notes on microprocessors and DevKits for our requirements:
Progress and Schedule:
The project is on schedule so far, but to stay on track we have to finalize our design by the end of next week, earlier better than later. This will allow us to spend the remaining days in the week, or weekend, finishing our presentation slides for the design presentation. I feel like I am in a good spot regarding my portion of the design and am on schedule.
Hopes for Next Week’s Deliverables:
For next week, I want us all to work together to finish the design for a single bot. For myself, I want to finalize decisions on microcontroller devkits, and whether or not we need an additional antenna on board for signal transmission + reception. I’d also like to merge this with the rest of my group mates so we know where all of these components will sit inside the bot, in order to finish the CAD design.