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Electrical 2016
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Adam P.
1/21/2016
3 hours
Shapland Shop
Alexandre G.
Work Completed
Preliminary testing on the accuracy of the ultrasonic sensor at different distances.
Got contact switch working with Python robot code
Put the ethernet cable in the ceiling. Installed the router.
Raspberry pi stuff. Put it in the PREMIUM case. Isaac is working on insalling Linux to the Raspberry Pi.
Installed touch sensors. Wired the sensor ("Made Cables")
Nolan learned important things with the RGB LEDs. plugged them in correctly so that the lights actually turn on.
Fix connectivity issues
Nolan learned about sarcasm "I read a whole article and barely understood it"
Teach Thomas how to use actual bullets feature in this edit window
Challenges
First port in DIO on the roborio does not work.
Battery button was being a jerk.
Work for Next Meeting
Prep Short-E and Fris-B for FLL demo tomorrow.
Comment-out any sensor testing code we've put in since last demo.
Test all features on both
Make sure "RT Startup App" is turned back on for Short-E. Adam will email/message instructions for that
Talk to mecanical about having a encoder on their shooter [is this done?]
Help with making field elements
Upgrade Short-E to lastest robotpy
Upgrade DS to latest pyfrc
Upgrade to latest GRIP that was just released
Get Aisha added to Electrical FB group, if she wants
Finish spinning up both new DS laptops [Adam]
Keep trying to get GRIP ARM build to work on Jetson [Adam]
What do below italics items mean? -AP
Work on RGB LEDs
Document what we have done for the Ultrasonic and Touch sensor.
On Schedule?
"Fine" -Thomas