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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 ==== | ==== Arduino Assignments ==== | ||
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| - Disadvantages include limitation of MCU (Atmel AVR) | - 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 | ||
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| ==== 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 |