Michael Humphrey Winter Week 3

This is a cumulative update for the first three weeks of Winter term.

The progress we've made up to this point includes installing Atmel Studio, setting up a solution for our class, and setting up several skeleton files. I've created a file for the first phase of the program; the idle phase. It is mostly filled out except for the code to interface with the pin. I've also set up a file in our Google Drive detailing rules and instructions for laying out our project and how we will develop. We also had a meeting with the EEs about any telemetry data they need transmitted. They reported that they have no special need for transmitting telemetry via the microcontroller (all the data they need will be hard-wired to the telemetry interface), so I can freely design and implement the telemetry code without any outside interference.

My plan for the next week is to become up to speed with the driver and interface that the EE team has created for us, so that I can begin full-time development on the project. I plan to finish designing and start implementing the telemetry code, as well as finalize the idle phase of the code.

Problems I encountered these first few weeks include waiting for the EEs to develop the motor drivers and telemetry interface. Other problems include team members not showing up to cross-functional team meetings, so we couldn't get information on how to use the drivers and interface. We had to schedule a special meeting much later with the EEs so we can start using the code they wrote.