Sunday, March 25, 2012

This Week's Tasks & Final Shirt Design Progress

(1) - This Week's Tasks
Known Current tasks:
  • Sam Carey and I are currently working on the hardware/software interface for the PIC32 micro-controller.
  • Andersen is working on commenting the cognitive algorithm code and will be explaining his new additions this week.
  • Chris and I are looking for members to take on leadership roles. By increasing the number of leaders, the project will be better organized, the delegation of tasks will become more efficient, and the accountability toward those tasks will be increased.
  • All members approve of New T-Shirt design
Tasks to be completed:
  • Research/Order parts
    • Replacement LEDs for the PicAxe board
    • Serial to USB converter/breakout board for PIC32/Arduino comms and diagnostics (UART)
    • New T-Shirts
    • Testing Maze Foundation/Walls
  • Research
    • Algorithm to linearize Sharp IR distance sensors
      • Develop psuedocode module to be later translated
    • Structural design of robot
      • Find possible manufacturers for home cooked design (or)
      • Find/ a purchasable base which we can build on
  • Design
    • Power interface for all on-board electronics
      • For Arduino
      • For PIC32
  • Other
    • Help Chris and I develop a Project Timeline


(2) - Final Shirt Design Progress
Though the vectorization of the images in the shirts are still not yet complete, the following design is going to be extremely close to what we get for our new shirts. The original maze idea was changed to a QR code which doubles as a maze (though it is a simple one).
Please drop some comments so that we can finalize the design and have it sent off for production. Thanks!

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