User:Eshipley/my work 2

Write problem/project Goal
Design a robotic car that runs using the Kinect.

My First Task
I will reverse engineer an old RC car.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?


 * Instead of taking apart the car I took apart a remote control I found at school that transmits at 49 Hz, the same frequency the car's receiver uses.

I need a battery to run the car in order to easily test the hardware on the controller. I ordered a battery last Saturday.

Week1 Narrative
I took pictures inside the remote and found a datasheet for the data chip inside, so that I can configure the chip on the board with the arduino.

My Second Task
I will use the Kinect, connected to an Arduino to cause servo motors to turn forward or backward based on my gestures.

Summary of actual work over second weekend
I organized tutorials for the Kinect and Arduino in a Google document.

Week2 Narrative
I did not find the Servo motors or sign out other equipment by the end of class from the previous week. Over the weekend my order of the battery from amazon was canceled two times because my available balance at my credit union is fluctuating. I made sure that it finally got shipped. I started a Google Doc collaboration in which I posted all the necessary screenshots for the tutorial involving the Kinect and the Servo motors. I also researched "autonomous RC cars with Kinect".

My Third task
Create a tutorial on wikiversity for reading gestures with the Kinect through the Arduino software.

Summary of actual work over third weekend
I was able to get a motor working with the Servo example Knob in the Arduino software. I was able to track basic skeletons using the Kinect SDK Explorer Sample. I soldered and heat shrunk connection wires to a connector attachment I found that fit the pins on a stepper motor.

Week3 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

My Fourth task
''Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the final weekend of project work. ''

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

Week4 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

Complete Team Page
Fill out the Team Form (should have already copied the form, created the team page, linked to it and started filling it out).