This Week:
- Bundled cables for matrix output – this was changed on Wednesday to a hard-wired design with temporary spacers shown below.
- Soldered PCBs together giving us a much more sturdy matrix and reducing total length of wire used to reduce crowding in the final design.
- Added output for M2M cables – this will help us test and assemble later.
- Tested different Baud rates for the Arduino as we were having some trouble transmitting all data to our debugging software (settled on 56.7kbps)
- Tested continuity in new cable design to ensure secure solder connections and verify there is no short-circuits in the system
- Discovered a possible bug or error late on Friday – some of our sensors are working properly but are struggling to properly detect devices. Anirud and I already plan to explore this problem on Monday.
Matrix breakout cables (Above)
Soldered connections, repeated 9x for each board (Above)
Total matrix as of Friday evening with temporary spacers and new cabling (Above)
Current Schedule:
Schedule looks great right now for me! The matrix and its code is mostly complete now. All that remains on this side of the project is debugging, verifying, and merging this system with Luca’s motor system and codebase.
Next Week:
- Work with Anirud to debug the matrix
- Begin integration with motors
- Replace temporary spacers (possibly mounting matrix to table surface)