Chronicles from our peeps.
As it turns out, there was some redundant things that I did during the upgrade to FreeRTOSV8.0.1 for AEMB2. What I did wrong last time was that I added the commits from upstream into the git repository. This was actually not required as the commits from upstream can be viewed Read more
FreeRTOS has been using C language as its base programming language ever since it started. So, we decided to try using C++ with FreeRTOS. One of the advantages which C++ provides to FreeRTOS is the usage of class. By using class, users can supposedly create task with less syntax and Read more
This past week was a great struggle to try to get the quad copter to talk back to the Arduino. As discussed last week, the Arduino library DZL was tested with the NRF24L01 but the quad copter could not bind with the Arduino, or rather with the communication protocol set Read more
As mentioned in the previous post, the AEMB code has to be updated. The AEMB Demo code needs to be able to run on the latest FreeRTOS V8.0.1. There are a lot of changes since V7.1.1. and these changes need to be implemented on AEMB as well. First of all, Read more
So after receiving my communicators last week, I finally got the shipment of the Arduino Uno, and yeah I know that it is in fact a cheaper Chinese clone of the Uno, the schematic and on board chip are the same, so I think its fine to test with this Read more
The version of FreeRTOS currently being used by AEMB is long outdated and has not been updated since two years ago. The version used is V7.1.1 while the latest version is already V8.0.1. Therefore, it is time to update it. Working on a cloned git repository from AEMB FreeRTOS repository, Read more
It was a pretty busy week once again since I had to study for tests, finish lab reports and write my Logbook for this project to get signed at my university. But it was exciting to see some of my parts arrive in the mail. Apart from that, I was Read more
Its been a pretty slow week in terms of meaningful progress on the project. A few tough assignments during the week and a couple of tests meant I was pretty distracted by my studies and my Arduinos still haven’t arrived which is depressing. I contacted the seller and he’s resending Read more
It is quite amazing how many times I discover myself to have a faulty or shallow understanding about the technology I am working on. Normally those discoveries occur as I go more in depth into the technology at hand. Those two lines are necessary to make up for any faulty Read more
The design of a quad-copter has been around for a very long time, but during the 20th Century, most development of quad-rotor devices were stalled due to the difficulty of controlling four independent rotors. Indeed it is impossible to do so without electronic assistance, therefore since the boom in popularity Read more