This week team G completed lab 1. In this lab the team was exposed to the basics of programming an Arduino board. During this lab the team also got a chance to view the motors of their Advanced Energy Vehicle (AEV) run for the first time. The motors were setup on a stand as can be seen in the figure below.
To run the motors, a list of desired actions were given to the team. In order to complete the set of actions they had to be converted into language that the Arduino board understands.
Early into the lab the team took note of some important realities. In order for the code to be uploaded onto the Arduino it is faster and more reliable to plug the usb into the computer itself rather than the monitor usb entrance. Though trivial it eliminates the chances of something not working. The team also realized that more time is going to need to be set aside for troubleshooting. Since the code has to be uploaded onto the Arduino board after every successful run it is time consuming to work coding kinks out.