07/06/2019
Meeting agenda:
- Met with Kelvin (our mentor!!) 🌟
- Learn about coding for rpi
- Met with Tony (our guardian for the project!!) 🙆♂️
Tasks accomplished:
- Understood the coding for rpi for the motor driver
- Discussed about the different parts of the robots and setting up a webpage for live streaming of video and audio
- Obtained a step-up DC booster to step up the voltage of the battery to power the robot
- 3D printed a casing for our rpi to safeguard the rpi
Our very patient, extremely smart and slightly lame mentor, Kelvin, took his time off and guided us in the coding of the motor to control the robot. 😃 We discussed about broad picture of the project including details like interfaces, IP addresses, and how to set up the connections between the different components and talked about the possibility of creating a webpage with a remote controller and the live streaming of both the video and audio.
We also got to meet with Tony and realised that we faced the problem of having to purchase a battery with a large enough voltage (48V) to power the robot after considering and calculating the voltage needed to power the components of our robot. Tony gave us a DC-DC boost converter but we had to purchase the HAT module to be used for the DC-DC boost converter so that we can step up the voltage from a battery with lower voltage. We also bought a spare converter just in case!!
To prevent the rpi from being scratched and damaged, we 3D-printed a temporary casing for our rpi. 😄😄😄
Till next time (which is soon)!