Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Hybrid V3

The wireless messaging is working two-way but has a cache issue that causes instability, although it shouldn't be difficult to fix. It's more about bug fixing.
 
So the work done is:
 
Part 1. Main component (central computer) that tracks the wheel location, and rotor / ball timings (100% complete): This is the "high tech" part and it works perfectly.
 
Part 2. Mobile phone and central computer data processing (70% complete). This is the set of procedures that tell each component what it needs to do with the data, how to reset and wait for the next spin etc. This is straight-forward coding and about a week from completion.
 
Part 3. The wireless communication (80% complete): this is what caused the main delays because different devices have different firmware, and they need to work together. Now its more bug fixing to ensure the connections are reliable.
 
Once part 2 is complete, its just a matter of ensuring the connection is stable, then testing.