Week 1 & 2 - Log.Begin(); we haven't done much more than to ask ourselves what the last guys were thinking and doing. But we have been trying to understand what all has to be done so that we can call this project successful.So far we arent 100 % sure but we know that it is going to start with decifering the I/O of teh hummers built in board. we are going to remove all fetures tha are attached to the hood and attempt to lesve the base unit as a stand alone unit.
Week 3 - I was unable to work enough hours due to midterms and the first few projects being due however i am still considering A wish list possibility. We all have great ambition with regards to the project we just aren't sure how many we are going to get acomplished.
Week 4 - Initially the first few weeks i have mainly been researching how to program the BX-24 Chips the primary challenge has been that while a library was writen for the BX-24 there exists a clock speed conflict between the chip and the TAB electronics BYORK kits in that there is a co processor on the board and it runs at a slower clock speed than the BX-24. As a result i am officially ready to begin to use the new sensors to figure out what is involved with decifering them.
Week 5 - I found a routine library for the BX-24 to emulate an i2c bus. This allowed us to begin working with the new sensors as far as debugging and interpreting. this will also allow us to try to understand putting multiple sensors on the same SD and SC. next I need to get a python interpreter on the gumstix and set up the wireless networking so we can ssh into the stix.
Week 6 - Mike and me, mostly Mike, worked on getting the hummer to follow the wall up and down the hallways. Debugging the turn in time and the stop in time is the conscern.
Week 7 - Still haven't put python on the gumstix yet but perhaps i can do it soon. we also need to get the i2c bus soldered onto the stix as well as some usefull mounting of the boards together.
Week 8 - 340 project and 566 project due this week.