Meeting Notes 11/16/12

Meeting Type: Group Meeting

Attending:

Advisor(s): None

Members: Sondra, Eugene, Kyle, Greg, Stuart, Darryl, Alex (Skype), Santi

Excused: None

Action Items

1. Meeting with Ryan on installing OpenCV on Monday
   • Everyone should probably attend, but certainly OpenCV folk (Santi can’t make it)
2. Get version control software set up
3. Get sponsor list from the Career Center
4. Arduino Team Meeting Sunday at 4pm
   • Sondra will have an amplifier setup to use for amplifying the small sensor signals

Meeting Topics

• Update Eugene
• Blogs
• Purchasing spreadsheet
• Career center sponsor list
• Things to keep in mind for the future
• Purchasing decisions
• Fixing the software problems
• Thermo calculations

Important Notes

• Want to switch coding language to Python
• Working on getting sponsorship info
• Updates to mechanical design

Transcript (Notes)

• Updated Eugene
• Arduino team progress
  • Kyle and Alex tested thrusters, they’re fully functional
  • Next step is to plug them into thrusters
  • Depth sensor, hydrophones, marker dropper (servo), actuators (torpedo, claw)
  • Kyle and Alex are meeting Sunday at 3pm
    • Thrusters with batteries
    • Testing other stuff
    • Sondra will get back to you on an amplifier
• Frame design updates
  • Greg sent Santi finalized list of components for the aluminum box
    • Santi ordered the flange
    • Needs to order big sheets of aluminum
    • Need to look into the other components were gonna need
      • Bolts, etc
      • Easier to drill holes before welding
    • Will add holes for all Secons and just plug them up if we don’t need them
  • Greg would like to look into marker redesign
    • The marker dropper box is a flat target, no bin
    • Kyle wants to wait to do this until after the rules are released in case we don’t need them
  • We should redesign marker servo holder so that it’s waterproof, not water-resistant
    • It’s currently just covered in electrical tape
  • Santi talked about some body modifications for the O-ring
• Purchasing list improvements
  • Kyle thinks the purchasing list is much better
    • Posted notes on sheet of stuff he wants Santi to add
• Things to purchase
  • Still need to order IMU
    • Razor 9DOF, Alex wants to finalize decision
  • Aluminum sheets
• Getting software running
  • OpenCV
    • Alex is double-checking that OpenCV doesn’t work on Windows 7
    • Meeting Ryan on Monday on the Second floor of E School
      • Santi can’t make this meeting, test
    • What to do if Ryan on Monday doesn’t work?
      • We’ll all need to bang our heads all Monday night, try to get it done that day
      • We’ll plan for more time if we need it
  • General Software Setups
    • May think about changing code to Python
    • Version control up and running by next week Sondra and Darryl!
• Sponsorship flyers!
  • Need to talk to Career center soon
    • Darryl will send email about the stuff
    • Darryl will also try to talk to them on Monday
• Miscellaneous
  • No meeting next Friday
  • Blogs are looking good, keep it up
• Designing the test course
  • Won’t be sure until we’ve got the new rules
  • We don’t know the exact cost of PVC, but people say they are cheap
  • We have a limited testing budget, so we’ll want to replicate several components of course with one assembly
• Thermo calculations
  • Santi got some calculations showing that we should be more than fine if everything grounds to the aluminum plate
  • Santi should talk to Alex about improving the heat dissipation from the motherboard if necessary

Group Notes

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