9/30/13 Update

9/23/13 Update
We just kept working on our projects; nothing too new happened. 

9/30/13 Update

The sessions are pretty good; a few volunteers are still coming. 

Chassis:

We have almost finished designing a chassis on Inventor for a prototype. I just received the 3D printing form from Dr. Villareal. 

Software:

A few guys are working on the MSP430 and a few others on the Stellaris that Dr. Villareal let us use. The pin out for the motor driver and how to connect it to the Stellaris has been determined. They attempted to upload some code to the Stellaris, but were not able to. The next step is to determine how to get the code onto the board, as well as discovering what libraries are need. Lastly, they will further work on developing an algorithm to solve the maze.

Motor Driver Testing: 

The motor driver was tested and the signal was analyzed on the oscilloscope. They found that the output was the correct signal and that the driver was working properly. They have suspicions that the driver was being driven incorrectly in the past. The next step is to try to get the driver to work efficiently with the motor and to test and improve the motor driver.