weatherbox:bumblebee:week_5_-_february_14_2017

attended: Isaiah, Kayla

Updates

  • Decided Roles
    • Isaiah: Hardware lead
    • Kayla: Xbee testing lead
  • Charging chip smd solar panel/usb (how to power the box?)
  • Think about possible placement of boxes (indoors, in areas with no buildings, etc)
  • Decided to work on schematic together and work on board separately
  • Started testing xbee connections

Problems

  • Could not get xbees to connect using two computers (through the serial console mode)

To Do

  • Get xbees working between two computers
  • Build xbee circuit on breadboard and test between breadboard and one computer
  • Test xbees between two breadboard circuit

Reminders

  • Send powerpoint as PDF by the Thursday night before presentations to mentor

attended: Isaiah, Kayla

Updates

  • Was able to send and receive packets between Xbees on different computers
  • Still trying to communicate between computer and Arduino.

Problems

  • Found out that our bare Arduino no longer works. It cannot be programed.

Authors

Contributing authors:

iaribal kamano

Created by kamano on 2017/02/14 22:00.

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