SPARTAN Superway Week 8

This week, I created the BOM document and then my team and I filled it out with all the parts we would need for the rapid prototype model of our control system. As of now, we have the BOM complete and we will be ordering the parts tonight. Beginning as soon as the parts come in, hopefully the beginning of next week, we will begin working on our prototype. We plan to have a working prototype in two weeks. I will be responsible for the majority of the Arduino coding on this prototype, as well as any RFID components.

SPARTAN Superway Week 7

This week, we were able to get the Xbee module to communicate with the bogie using the previous team's bogie. However, we are still unable to get the Xbee to communicate directly with the Arduino. In the coming week, we will be addressing this issue as well as creating a bill of materials to begin rapid prototyping. In our prototype, we will be using a breadboard to connect all of our electronic components. We will then ensure that the RFID reader and card as well as the Xbee have open communication with the Arduino.

SPARTAN Superway Week 6

This week, I made a simple navigation code to move the bogie around the track. It uses switch cases to take inputs and make decisions. We also got the Xbee module to talk to a bogie and Arduino. Today we will further explore this communication and utilize it to interface the mobile app. In the upcoming week, we will be trying to use the Xbee module to send a list of commands to the Arduino then execute tasks based on the commands.

SPARTAN Superway Week 5

This week, we gave our first presentation for our project. I presented the introduction, challenges, and part of the progress. After the presentation, our group sat down and talked with other groups to figure has out different aspects of the bogie and track.

In the days following our class meeting, I was able to make a simple navigation code in Arduino. This code read from different RFID tags, then determined where to go next based on what the tag said. Because there are no physical bogies to test it on yet, it still has some pseudo code in it. This will be replaced by hard code once we get the mobile app up and running.