1. Sessions

docs Google Drive folder

2. Hardware

Dedicated front page:

3. Software

3.1. Mu editor

  • Recommended by Maker Pi RP2040

https://learn.adafruit.com/welcome-to-circuitpython/installing-mu-editor

3.2. Thonny

  • Recommended by SunFounder Pico-4wd

https://thonny.org/

3.3. Communication

Web-based MQTT client

4. Session topics

4.1. Energy management

Batteries — chemistries and characteristics

Solar — cells and panels

Budgeting and estimation

4.2. Interaction

Motors — types and behavior

Sensing — Telemetry, environmental, and interfaces to MCUs

Navigation — Objects and location

4.3. Mission planning

Power and energy budget

Route planning in a scene

4.4. Programming

Python — MicroPython and libraries

Embedded — programming techniques for embedded systems

5. TODO

  • ESP8266 to MQTT bridge

  • Pico4wd

    • motor control

    • servo control

    • ultrasonic module control

    • grayscale module

    • wheel encoder module

    • [ ]

  • MakerPi

    • motor control

    • servo control

    • ultrasonic connections

    • [ ]

  • INA219 driver

  • INA219 connections with PH2.0?

  • Measure battery currents

  • [ ]

6. Info

2023 CoE summer camp. Robotics (and sustainability?) project.

https://agnd.net/valpo/camp/

22 students total.

  • 8 in prostheses group

  • 14 in robotics group

    • 5 groups. 4 groups of 3, 1 group of 2

0.5cr equivalent work

CircuitPython MCU to program.

Mission energy management with small batteries. (requires solar power for recharge) NiMH pack of AAA’s ? What is run time on a charge?

Complete a navigation mission, but with power constraints.

solve a maze? sound-only controlled?