11/4/13 Update

Some of the items that I ordered came in the mail and we attached them to the chassis Monday.

We discussed possible chassis modifications:
--buffer/slider on the bottom - There's only two wheels so the robot may wobble forward/backward when operating
--Velcro options for attaching the battery or other objects to the chassis
--screws/pegs for a more secured motor
--have the battery lay differently and then use a box cutter to make the mouse a little shorter
--acetone to dissolve the chassis material or use a file to shave off unwanted material if more room is needed

We briefly discussed infrared LED sensors. I purchased this http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?mpart=IR7373C&vendor=1080 and this http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?mpart=LTR-4206&vendor=160 They are pretty inexpensive.

I helped Wenjie Cao get CCS running on his laptop and I helped Michael Feller get the motor control code working on his laptop. 

The last IEEE workshop about serial connections will be helpful for us once we convert the analog sensors to digital using the Stellaris. The powerpoint and sample code is here http://ieeetamu.org/mcc/workshops/serialcommunication/