Revision 1 Update

Written by Cory Martin on 2019-09-06 14:43:27

We designed a new revision (Revision 1) of the base station over break. Improvements include: better mechanical design and therefore higher reliability, higher efficiency power supply, more compact footprint, higher precision/accuracy sensors, and tons of other little adjustments. We assembled one 2 weeks ago and it powered up and functioned great after fixing a little glitch with the board design. With the testing done so far, everything is performing as expected, in fact, the power supply is actually running smoother than designed. We are currently working on writing some preliminary versions of the software that runs on the board. This will allow us to evaluate the performance of the sensors and hopefully get a full prototype of the system up and running.