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| - | ===== Asteroid Team Meeting #3 - February 8, 2016===== | ||
| - | Attended: Kevin, Nathan, Gordon, Brian | ||
| - | ==== Reminders ==== | ||
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| - | * Eagle tutorials due by February 15, finish by end of week | ||
| - | * Begin microprocessor module | ||
| - | * Begin BOM and Power Budget | ||
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| - | ==== Updates ==== | ||
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| - | * Continuing Arduino and Eagle tutorials | ||
| - | * Finished Gantt chart | ||
| - | * Data sheets on Google Drive | ||
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| - | ==== Problems ==== | ||
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| - | * None | ||
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| - | === Meeting Dates === | ||
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| - | ==== Discussions === | ||
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| - | 1. What is an embedded system? | ||
| - | - The integration of sensors, actuators and intelligence into a system | ||
| - | - Allows the system to produce more capable and robust performance | ||
| - | 2. What is a microcontroller? | ||
| - | - A microcontroller is esentially a small computer on a single circuit board | ||
| - | - Usually contains a processor, memory and programmable I/O | ||
| - | 3. SPI, ADC, UART, I2C | ||
| - | - I2C stands for inter-integrated circuit and is a serial computer bus | ||
| - | - Used for attaching lower-speed peripheral I2C to microcontrollers | ||
| - | - UART is a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter | ||
| - | - Translates data between serial/parallel forms. | ||
| - | - It is used for serial communications over a computer or serial device port. | ||
| - | - Analog to digital converter (ADC) is a device that converts a physical quantity (voltage) to a digital form | ||
| - | - Enables the conversion of a physical quantity to a digital number | ||
| - | - Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) bus is a synchronous serial communication interface specification | ||
| - | - Used for short distance communication, primarily in embedded systems | ||
| - | 4. How do you think this information will relate to this lab? | ||
| - | - They are all communication protocols | ||
| - | - These capabilities are integrated into the embedded system | ||
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| - | ==== Arduino Assignments ==== | ||
| - | 1. What is Arduino? | ||
| - | - An “Arduino” is a microcontroller platform | ||
| - | - Allows you to write programs to interact with the world via sensors | ||
| - | - Provides I/O pins that can be interfaced and communication ports | ||
| - | 2. What is an Arduino Uno? | ||
| - | - It is a very commonly used model | ||
| - | 3. What kind of programming language does the Arduino IDE support? | ||
| - | - C/C++/Python and many others | ||
| - | 4. What are the two functions that are present in an Arduino program? | ||
| - | - The "setup()" and "loop()" function are essential | ||
| - | 5. How is it different from a regular microcontroller? | ||
| - | - It wraps programming into a easy to use package | ||
| - | - Open source, inexpensive, simple IDE, cross platform | ||
| - | 6. Why do people use the Arduino? | ||
| - | - Simple and accessible user experience | ||
| - | - Advantages include easy-to-use software for beginners | ||
| - | - Disadvantages include limitation of MCU (Atmel AVR) | ||
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| - | 1. Were you able to program the Arduino? | ||
| - | - Yes we complied, uploaded and tested the examples | ||
| - | 2. Did you have any problems during the Arduino process? | ||
| - | - It initially would not upload onto the board | ||
| - | 3. What you think is the next step after this? | ||
| - | - Learn the functions that interact with the board | ||
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| - | ==== Tasks Completed Today === | ||
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| - | ==== Follow-up ==== | ||
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| - | * Finish Eagle tutorials | ||
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| - | === Hours === | ||
| - | Meeting was from 10:30 - 11:30 | ||