Tasks Completed:

During the week the coding sub team tested and coded a PWM signal that was capable of reaching a frequency of 500 Hz and have its duty cycle regulated. The actuator states were finished as well so that when an email is received by the modem, the code will determine what outputs to send to the actuator. The bash script was also coded to recognize the format of incoming emails and parse them for particular values and keywords.

The shaft for the wind-direction sensor was built which contained a threaded axle and three plates that were cut in specific patterns so that they could be used to describe the wind’s direction in 3 bits using gray code and infrared sensors.

Tasks to be completed:

The housing for the wind direction sensor as well as a shaft to allow easy rotation still needs to be built. The wind direction sensor also requires a static shaft to mount the infrared sensors, this will also have to be built. We also need to assemble and solder the circuit for the gray code detector. The final steps also include integrating the completed hardware with the software and making sure inputs can be read. We will also need to calibrate input data to display meaningful information.