robotics / raspberry pi / electronics / programming
Assemble, configure, calibrate, and program the SunFounder PiCrawler robot.
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Original meeting note
Put the legs on the robot and wired everything. Could have calibrated the robot and got it walking, but not many people were here so we decided to wait.
3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Original meeting note
Got Raspbian working along with Thonny (IDE) and all of the major files for the PiCrawler downloaded; Michaela is the goat. Now all we have to do is get the legs attached next time, calibrate them with the console, and should be able to start running code on it! Kyle and Justin got VS Code and the Arduino IDE installed and got multiple lights to blink at random intervals and had a push button control them and we almost sorted all of the electronics items into baggies and respective bins. Made another list for purchases and sent it over to Professor Chandler, hopefully it gets cleared so we have even more stuff to work on over summer and can prepare for the fall semester.
Original meeting note
Assembled more of the PiCrawler robot and ordered two pizzas. Still not able to get the Pi software working, but next time we should be able to. Got all four of the legs and joints put together, just need to attach the servos next time. Also need to organize more of the new items we got delivered from AliExpress.
Original meeting note
Picked up all Amazon supplies from the math department; AliExpress items should hopefully be here next week; opened/sorted all components, assembled 1/3 of the PiCrawler, downloaded Pi BIOS and Arduino IDE, made a light blink.