Weekly Report 6/6/06

This week I have completed assembling Tracker's chassis. I also finished the gearbox (203:1 gear ratio) and have put on wheels and a caster wheel for steering. In the same shipment of supplies I received the motor controller that I will interface with the Maveric in order to drive the motors (rated for 1A).

I am still waiting for the RF transmitter and receivers to come in, as well as the new USB Atmel programmer. Today I also put in an order for the rest of my sensors and an Atmel based Arduino board in order to drive my RF beacon. Once the programmer arrives I plan on interfacing the obstacle avoidance IR sensors, until then I will continue to research solutions to the RF tracking problem.