==== Meeting Minutes April 16, 2018 ==== **Attended: Alex(s), Kayla** === Updates === * Deployed at Andrew's house * Boards worked well inside, but Bumblebee failed outside * Box started to whine and stopped transmitting when solar panel created a spike in voltage * Possible cause: single voltage regulator on PCB is not enough to handle power provided by the panel ===To Do=== * Figure out why the board doesn't respond well to power from the solar panel * Measure current/voltages to and from the panel with the battery and simulated sunlight * Possibly deploy second board ==== Meeting Minutes April 20, 2018 ==== **Attended: Alex(s), Kayla, Becky** === Updates === * Tested previously deployed Bumblebee with solar light in the lab * Removed voltage regulator on board to see if the problem was a current draw problem * Attempted to use a through hole voltage regulator with a higher current output * Tested other board with solar light to see if that board also had a problem * Noticed that second board's voltage from the solar charging chip would fluctuate when the board or panel would be moved * Noticed the male barrel jack on the solar panel that was deployed was broken * Tested board with new panel and there was no buzzing like there was on the deployed board * Voltages on board with new panel stayed constant ===To Do=== * Test new board with new panel to see if it can send packets * Replaced voltage regulator on first board * Create a new housing for second board * Deploy!