Week 1&2 - Small Scale Controls

For the first week of the Spring semester, we met up with our groups to discuss the current progress of the project and future goals. Through our lighting talk, we explained the current state of the podcars and the control design. We showed our miniature prototype which allowed us to create a control system for the Arduino so that it can show all the electronic's purpose without the need for a track or bogie. We also showed our collaborative rapid prototype which allowed us to run the motors back and forth on a section of track.

Our future goals are to test the electronics and make sure they are what we need for each podcar. Once all testing is done, we can go ahead and order the rest of the components needed. We will also be working on our GUI setup which will control the podcars. Last semester, we had problems getting the server and mobile app working, so we will be building a new system from the ground up. We will begin research on what the best programs and coding language would be for this project.