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Electrical 2016

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  • 1/15/2016

  • 3 hours

  • Shapland Shop

  • Kyle G.

Work Completed

  • We have made the 60 ft. eithernet cable for the new router and tested it.
  • We tested many codes to get the gyro to work, but it still doesn't work.
  • Isaac got the contact section and Icon for the SYRA website up.
  • We tested the GRIP software with a camera connected to a computer.

Challenges

  • Robot has connectivity issues.
  • New camera code doesn't work.
  • Mecanical used ladder to long.

Work for Next Meeting

  • Every student on Electrical (that doesn't have one already) should please create an account on Github:  https://github.com/
    Then please email Adam your login name so he can add you to the Ctrl-Z groups.
  • Gyro on Short-E is wired now.  Try to get it working with Python code.  Docs for gyro class are here.  Might be as easy as this
    self.gyro = wpilib.Gyro(0)
    angle = self.gyro.getAngle()
  • Get the accelerometer working with Python code.  Same as gyro task above, but using the accelerometer that's built into the RoboRio.  We've also never done this.  robotpy docs for that class are here.
  • Get one of the USB cameras working when plugged into the RoboRio.  I'm not sure offhand if special drivers are needed, or if it just works.  We've never done that before, only used the Axis IP camera.  If we get a camera responding from the RoboRio and showing up on the DS, then we can try getting GRIP on the RoboRio (.jar version of it I expect) and see if it can use the camera.  The camera & GRIP will move to the Jetson once that arrives, but we might learn some things in the process.
  • Try using the deploy feature in GRIP to get it copied to the roborio and running on it.  Some GRIP info in this thread here, among others on Chief Delphi/Programming.  Not sure how to tell it's working, but Isaac might know how to look for that process on the roborio.  Putty is installed on the DS laptop, roborio login is "lvuser" and password is blank.
  • Use the camera to create a better representation of tracking the reflection tape to work with on the GRIP software.
  • Help other students build field elements
  • Look up how to read wpilib docs

On Schedule?

sort of