S20: Nimble - Revision history

243 user3: /* Team Members & Responsibilities */

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‎Team Members & Responsibilities

243 user3: /* Conclusion */

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‎Conclusion

243 user3: /* Technical Challenges */

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‎Technical Challenges

243 user3: /* Conclusion */

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‎Conclusion

243 user3: /* Conclusion */

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‎Conclusion

243 user3: /* Bluetooth send */

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‎Bluetooth send

243 user3: /* Bluetooth send */

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‎Bluetooth send

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‎Bluetooth send

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‎Bluetooth send

243 user3: /* Advice for Future Students */

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‎Advice for Future Students

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 *** ''LCD display''
 *** ''Sensor Module''
 ** ''RC Integration and testing''
 **  '' Wiki ''

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 ** We learned all the basic go GIT and it helps us collaborate on the different modules virtually without physical meeting. (Because of Corona Virus)
-Although there were some problems encountered while doing this project, we were able to finish the majority of the basic tasks required of the project. Unfortunately, we were not able to implement the mobile application as a requirement due to some issues encountered with the connectivity of the Bluetooth module which occurred in the last week of the project. Additionally, because of the COVID-19 outbreak, classes had to be conducted through google hangouts for the rest of the semester. The outbreak also made it difficult to meet physically with teammates which made it difficult to not only integrate and test the RC car, but also having less involvement in the project of every teammate. Despite these shortcomings of the project, the overall experience was fun and interesting. The class and project helped us learn a TON of new concepts and skills that will prove valuable in the future and industry.
+Although there were some problems encountered while doing this project, we were able to finish the majority of the basic tasks required of the project. Unfortunately, we were not able to implement the mobile application as a requirement due to some issues encountered with the connectivity of the Bluetooth module which occurred in the last week of the project. Additionally, because of the COVID-19 outbreak, classes had to be conducted through google hangouts for the rest of the semester. The outbreak also made it difficult to meet physically with teammates which made it difficult to not only integrate and test the RC car, but it also reduced involvement in the project of every teammate. Despite these shortcomings of the project, the overall experience was fun and interesting. The class and project helped us learn a TON of new concepts and skills that will prove valuable in the future and industry.
 === Project Video ===

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 * '''Issue 3:''' The checkpoints set using google maps for our area used for testing were shifted when doing physical testing with the RC car. This was due to the poor accuracy of the GPS despite our efforts in performing some manual calibration of the GPS.
 **'''Solution:''' The solution, although not perfect, was to set an offset to the original checkpoints such that the newly shifted coordinates would reflect the checkpoints originally set using google maps.
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 * '''Unit Testing''':
 ** We learned the Unity and CMOCK framework, and how to unit-test our code modules which sped up the development of the components of the project. In particular, the GPS and Compass were thought to be the hardest to get working, but with an early start and unit-testing, these modules faced little issues to get working. The only difficulties as mentioned before was the calibration and accuracy.
-** We believe that this is by far the most useful and interesting experiences that we encounter this semester. Although, we still not an expert on writing perfect unit testing in a short period of time, it doesn't change the fact of how useful this had helped us during our project.
+** We believe that this is by far the most useful and interesting experience that we have encountered this semester. Although we're still not experts on writing flawless unit-tests, it doesn't change the fact of how incredibly revolutionary and useful it was during our project.
 * '''GIT''':
 ** We learned all the basic go GIT and it helps us collaborate on the different modules virtually without physical meeting. (Because of Corona Virus)
-Although there were some problems encountered while doing this project, we were able to finish the majority of the basic tasks required of the project. Unfortunately, we were not able to implement the mobile application as a requirement due to some issues encountered with the connectivity of the Bluetooth module which occurred in the last week of the project. Additionally, because of the COVID-19 outbreak, classes had to be conducted through google hangouts for the rest of the semester. The outbreak also made it difficult to meet physically with teammates which made it difficult to not only integrate and test the RC car, but also having less involvement in the project of every teammate. Despite these shortcomings of the project, the overall experience was fun and interesting. The class and project helped us learn a TON of new concepts and skills that will prove valuable in the future.
+Although there were some problems encountered while doing this project, we were able to finish the majority of the basic tasks required of the project. Unfortunately, we were not able to implement the mobile application as a requirement due to some issues encountered with the connectivity of the Bluetooth module which occurred in the last week of the project. Additionally, because of the COVID-19 outbreak, classes had to be conducted through google hangouts for the rest of the semester. The outbreak also made it difficult to meet physically with teammates which made it difficult to not only integrate and test the RC car, but also having less involvement in the project of every teammate. Despite these shortcomings of the project, the overall experience was fun and interesting. The class and project helped us learn a TON of new concepts and skills that will prove valuable in the future and industry.
 === Project Video ===

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 ** We learned all the basic go GIT and it helps us collaborate on the different modules virtually without physical meeting. (Because of Corona Virus)
-There were many problems we encountered while doing this project, we were able to finish the majority of the tasks and requirements due to the experiences we learned from Preet's lectures.
+Although there were some problems encountered while doing this project, we were able to finish the majority of the basic tasks required of the project. Unfortunately, we were not able to implement the mobile application as a requirement due to some issues encountered with the connectivity of the Bluetooth module which occurred in the last week of the project. Additionally, because of the COVID-19 outbreak, classes had to be conducted through google hangouts for the rest of the semester. The outbreak also made it difficult to meet physically with teammates which made it difficult to not only integrate and test the RC car, but also having less involvement in the project of every teammate. Despite these shortcomings of the project, the overall experience was fun and interesting. The class and project helped us learn a TON of new concepts and skills that will prove valuable in the future.
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 === Advice for Future Students ===
-* '''Advice 1:''' Always make sure the teammate you choose is responsible, since '''teammate is the most important part of this group project'''. If any teammate is not responsible, make sure you pursue them and keep track on their progress. Otherwise, you will end up finishing their lack of progress. Also, make sure you get your teammates' contact information, beside slack, like phone or text messages.
+* '''Advice 1:''' Always make sure the teammate you choose is responsible since '''teammate is the most important part of this group project'''. If any teammate is not responsible, make sure you pursue them and keep track of their progress. Otherwise, you will end up finishing their lack of progress. Also, make sure you get your teammates' contact information, besides slack, like phone or text messages.
 * '''Advice 2: ''' ''' Set an earlier deadline ''' and make sure your teammates finish before the deadline. ''' There should be no tolerance ''' because this project will be more difficult when there is a lack of contribution from team members. If there are no strong leaders within your team, the result of your project will not be great. Also, assign important tasks, like GPS and Mobile application, to someone with the most knowledge and reliability, since those two are by far the most difficult part of the RC car. A rough draft of the ''' mobile application should be highly considered early on. Especially if nobody in your team has experience in mobile app development. ''' It is HIGHLY recommended to refer to the previous semesters' team to get a ''' GOOD LOOK ''' of ''' Preet's expectations '''.

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 Sending data to the HC-05 module is done by using the uart__put() method provided in the sjtwo-c development environment from Preet.
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 * '''Advice 1:''' Always make sure the teammate you choose is responsible, since '''teammate is the most important part of this group project'''. If any teammate is not responsible, make sure you pursue them and keep track on their progress. Otherwise, you will end up finishing their lack of progress. Also, make sure you get your teammates' contact information, beside slack, like phone or text messages.
-* '''Advice 2: ''' ''' Set an earlier deadline ''' and make sure your teammates finish before the deadline. ''' There should be no tolerance ''' because this project will be more difficult when there is a lack of contribution from team members. If there are no strong leaders within your team, the result of your project will not be great. Also, assign important tasks, like GPS and Mobile application, to someone with the most knowledge and reliability, since those two are by far the most difficult part of the RC car. A rough draft of the ''' mobile application should be highly considered early on. Especially if nobody in your team has experience in mobile app development. ''' It is HIGHLY recommended to refer to the previous semesters team to get a ''' GOOD LOOK ''' of ''' Preet's expectations '''.
+* '''Advice 2: ''' ''' Set an earlier deadline ''' and make sure your teammates finish before the deadline. ''' There should be no tolerance ''' because this project will be more difficult when there is a lack of contribution from team members. If there are no strong leaders within your team, the result of your project will not be great. Also, assign important tasks, like GPS and Mobile application, to someone with the most knowledge and reliability, since those two are by far the most difficult part of the RC car. A rough draft of the ''' mobile application should be highly considered early on. Especially if nobody in your team has experience in mobile app development. ''' It is HIGHLY recommended to refer to the previous semesters' team to get a ''' GOOD LOOK ''' of ''' Preet's expectations '''.
 * '''Advice 3:''' Make sure the GPS modules you purchase is over $90 where it is more reliable. '''DO NOT''' purchase the GPS our team purchase, where has is shown significant failure. '''Make sure you guys spend more money on the GPS module as it is a critical component of the project.'''
-* '''Advice 4:''' Plan a backup in case something goes wrong. Always make sure you give enough time to polish your final Project. This includes enclosure or accident like CORONA virus this semester. Make sure you can adapt to the situation quickly. ''' WHEN THINGS REALLY GO WRONG WHETHER TEAMMATE OR LIFE, ALWAYS TALK WITH PROFESSOR AND ISAs RIGHT AWAY'''
+* '''Advice 4:''' Plan a backup in case something goes wrong. Always make sure you give enough time to polish your final Project. This includes having enough time to make a good enclosure or packaging for the RC car. Additionally, it's good to adapt to a change of situation if needed. In our case, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, group meetings were scheduled over google hangout instead of in-person.
 * '''Advice 5:''' '''Overall this is an interesting class project, where you learn a lot. Please take advantage of this project by asking Preet lots of questions. Again, the teammates you choose will be important. ''DO NOT'' wait until the second lecture to form your team. Make sure you form your team during the first two weeks of the lecture! '''