Week 3 - Small Scale Controls Team

This week, we talked to the Summer 2017 Controls team about any problems they had during their time on the project. It was a great resource and they were able to answer all of the questions we had. From this meeting we were able to set a few goals, one of which being that we were going to navigate the bogie using only two forms of positioning. This will greatly reduce the complexity of the controls code as well as give the bogie a simplified look. A flow chart of the new positioning system can be seen below.

For the upcoming week, we will be researching the XBee wireless communication board to get a better understanding of how it will communicate with the mobile app. We will also begin a wiring diagram for some components on the new bogie. Lastly, we will be working with the RFID code to get a better understanding of how we could utilize it to replace the Hall effect sensors.

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