Monday, May 26, 2008

Readying for wet run

I saw some strange things this morning.

1. Motors and pump did not respond. This was due to a low voltage battery; problem disappeared when it was charged.
2. Display was not correct in 7 seg. At times, the team/goal LEDs did not turn on correctly. We knocked down the baud rate to the lowest setting and stopped updating every 200 ms. Now it just updates on standdown and goal change.

Tested all specials. The quack does not respond all the time. The packet sent is correct, but the timing on the PIC side needs tweaking. The pump and flagon seem to work just fine.

Next step: Power budget, wet run, waterproofing, LED eyes

David out

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