Progress
This week I finalized the barebones breadboard prototype of the GPS watch: a lot of the time was spent on debugging the UART failing to connect (the issue was that the baud rate I configured the GPS to had been reset, as the GPS doesn’t actually have persistent settings). In the end, we have a GPS setup that’s printing the coordinates out to the screen!
Pacing
I’m about on pace for my tasks: by the end of this week I was scheduled to be done with the firmware needed to get GPS data on the screen, which is what I’ve done.
Planning
Next week I plan to work on more of the firmware functionality, mainly the timekeeping via the RTC. I’ll also help Carson and Twain iterate on the energy harvesting after the success we had this week with the motor-based design.