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- | ===== Asteroid Team Meeting #3 - February 8, 2016===== | + | ===== Asteroid Team Meeting #4 - February 8, 2016===== |
Attended: Kevin, Nathan, Gordon, Brian | Attended: Kevin, Nathan, Gordon, Brian | ||
==== Reminders ==== | ==== Reminders ==== | ||
- | + | * Eagle tutorials due by February 15, finish by end of week | |
- | * Eagle tutorials due by February 15. | + | * Begin microprocessor module |
+ | * Begin BOM and Power Budget | ||
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* Continuing Arduino and Eagle tutorials | * Continuing Arduino and Eagle tutorials | ||
- | * Finished gantt chart | + | * Finished Gantt chart |
+ | * Data sheets on Google Drive | ||
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=== Meeting Dates === | === Meeting Dates === | ||
+ | * Next week meeting changed to Wednesday February 17 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM since Monday is holiday | ||
+ | * Lab hours for next week Wednesday, Thursday, and or Friday 2:30 PM and on | ||
==== Discussions === | ==== Discussions === | ||
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1. What is an embedded system? | 1. What is an embedded system? | ||
- | - An embedded system is the integration of sensors, actuators and intelligence into a system | + | - The integration of sensors, actuators and intelligence into a system |
- Allows the system to produce more capable and robust performance | - Allows the system to produce more capable and robust performance | ||
2. What is a microcontroller? | 2. What is a microcontroller? | ||
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3. SPI, ADC, UART, I2C | 3. SPI, ADC, UART, I2C | ||
- I2C stands for inter-integrated circuit and is a serial computer bus | - I2C stands for inter-integrated circuit and is a serial computer bus | ||
- | - It is used for attaching lower-speed peripheral I2C to processors and micro controllers. | + | - Used for attaching lower-speed peripheral I2C to microcontrollers |
- | - UART is a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter that translates data between serial/parallel forms. | + | - 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. | - 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 | - Analog to digital converter (ADC) is a device that converts a physical quantity (voltage) to a digital form | ||
- | - It enables the conversion of a physical quantity to a digital number that represents the quantity's amplitude | + | - Enables the conversion of a physical quantity to a digital number |
- Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) bus is a synchronous serial communication interface specification | - Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) bus is a synchronous serial communication interface specification | ||
- | - It is used for short distance communication, primarily in embedded systems | + | - Used for short distance communication, primarily in embedded systems |
4. How do you think this information will relate to this lab? | 4. How do you think this information will relate to this lab? | ||
- They are all communication protocols | - They are all communication protocols | ||
- | - This information is useful as these protocols are integrated into the embedded system | + | - These capabilities are integrated into the embedded system |
+ | ==== 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) | ||
+ | 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 | ||
+ | | ||
==== Tasks Completed Today === | ==== Tasks Completed Today === | ||
- | + | * | |
==== Follow-up ==== | ==== Follow-up ==== | ||
- | * Finish Arduino tutorials | + | * Finish Eagle tutorials |
- | * Add BOM | + | |
=== Hours === | === Hours === | ||
- | Meeting was from 10:30 - 11:30 | + | Meeting was from 10:30 - 10:45 |