Joe Morgan and Dean Tate presented phase II of the NESI+ teacher workshop. We reviewed hardware and software and talked about conceptual and functional block diagrams. We configured the connection of UART to laptops in the MPLABX setup and learned how to manipulate the files to not change the predefined NESI code. We put serial numbers on the NESI+ boards and validated the software code compilation and download to the board. Then, each school (Centaurus, Bell, and Chatfield) presented an overview of their projects and described the sensors, actuators, and issues they had. We discussed C programming elements and code modules. Then we programmed example projects to learn different functions, including the configuration of the camera. Afterwards, Derek Runberg from SparkFun came in to advise and answer the questions about sensor and actuator issues. We looked at different SparkFun products/resources on their site and at overall SparkFun peripherals.
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