PR’s and Reviews

• https://github.com/UWARG/ZeroPilot-SW/pull/165

  • https://github.com/UWARG/ZeroPilot-SW/pull/161

• https://github.com/UWARG/ZeroPilot-SW/pull/157 ← On hold for now.

• added IMU driver for BMX160 9 axis by upadhyaydhruv · Pull Request #170 · UWARG/ZeroPilot-SW (github.com)

• Header file for VN300 by kgrewal26 · Pull Request #168 · UWARG/ZeroPilot-SW (github.com)

  • PLUS MORE?

• Dshot by Chrisc110 · Pull Request #167 · UWARG/ZeroPilot-SW (github.com)

Updates!

(Updates here → see table of contents for structure)

In Person:

• Saturday / Sunday 9AM - 11AM.

  • Let us know in advance when you plan to come in so that we’ll be there. If nobody says anything in #firmware-onsite nobody will be there.

• Other workdays possible Monday/Thursday/Friday evenings. Let us know!

Attendance:

Open

Team Member Updates

Anni

• Working on IMU Driver and SD card issues.

• IMU not verified :(((.

  • https://youtu.be/C0jD1c0x8QQ

  • To try

    • confirm i2c waveform/triggering (maybe I just messed something up).

    • Try using SPI

• Will continue working on MPU6050 tuning for now (starting asap).

Aidan

• Tested DSHOT. Got motors to spin!

• Having issues with the transmitter. Getting hardfaults whenever receiver is connected to PPM and garbage values if ppm is connected after setup

Chris

• Possible to run comp on DSHOT

• Talking to Steven about DMA for Interchip

• Re: interchip, more speedier more faster. Pls expedite.

  • IMU Contingency plan is to send data over interchip….

  • Ready by early april / end of march?

• TODO: documentation for DMA. DSHOT documentation exists (D-Shot Protocol - ZeroPilot - WARG (atlassian.net))

Gordon

• Confirmed good to go.

• Written out document which should integrate well.

• Expected timeline depends on PM restructure?

Dhruv

• to test out utrasonic driver

Kaveet

• Working on VN driver.

• Last thing is to fix build issues w/exceptions and setup UART connection between the two.

  • follow up after meeting.

• VN Libraries are ready (to test).

Manav

• working on PM restructure.

• Last update deleting unnecessary takeoff/landing stages (merging them together)

• Meeting again Wed 16, PR ready by EOW

Neha

• Thoughts on having a home waypoint?

  • makes sense in general.

  • suggestion: path of least resistance.

• ALSO: thoughts on having a soft failsafe mode in AM?

  • Todo: threat/risk matrix., add features such as:

    • soft landing // return to home and land // limit flight speed

Steven

• getting back into interchip task, looking at DMA.

• Will need to go into bay to use scopes soon.

Tony

• TTL Cable

• Firmware side of comms works.

  • keep an eye out on interrupt, make sure it doesn’t stall anything.

• need to test with cv

  • air-ground

  • fw-cv comms jetson this weekend (depends on ray)

Yashraj

• working on timeout so it doesn’t stall interrupt.

Absent Updates

Current Task Distribution

Things to look out for!

• Flight by eow 2 march.

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