13/06/2019
Meeting agenda:
- Read up on how to code
- Look through parts needed and procure more necessary parts 👀
Tasks accomplished:
- Bought one more HAT module, one Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and one binaural microphone
- Asked to borrow a motor controller from another group
Several significant problems we faced include the continuous delay in the delivery of the chassis (as the other suppliers were also out of stock) and the duration we had to wait before the other components come. ☹️☹️☹️
We texted Kelvin over the phone and discussed how to make the components work together. He then kindly volunteered to buy a chassis from Malaysia for us to try coding and moving the motor next week since the chassis will take two weeks to arrive. Thank you Kelvin! 😇😇😇
We decided to meet tomorrow at the lab to discuss with our mentors further on our project and see how we can progress without some of the components for now.
The design of the rotating disc for the transceiver is rather important and we came up with a preliminary prototype.
Kelvin has previously helped us with the coding for the motor controller and we are still in the process of understanding it. Next week, we also need to try testing the audio streaming (USB mic to be plugged into the rpi and we have to write a code to stream the audio over the LAN). Lots of new things to figure out but we will learn as it goes! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻