Phase II Raspberry Pi/Signals/Sensors/Simulator

[Ag2000]

2 May '21

• Wiring and hardware work most of the week.

• Documenting the updates.

26 Apr - 2 May '21

[Ag2000]

9 May '21

• Documentation exceeds 50,000 words.

• Configuring the Wabbits and wiring feedback is not going well.

• Without an Arduino Mega hard to check software interaction.

3 - 9 May '21

[Ag2000]

16 May '21

• Added Sphinx based software documentation to the mix

10 - 16 May '21

[Ag2000]

23 May '21

• Working on the laptop to raspberry Pi command processing

• Looking at Tkinter as a GUI for the laptop python applications/tools

• Review of added commands and command documentation

17 - 23 May '21

[Ag2000]

30 May '21

• Lots of new software tools and updates:
  • PyCharm Python IDE on the Laptop
  • Tkiner GUI Library for the Laptop
  • Update Arduino IDE

• Started top level design of the Laptop part of TrainThing

24 - 30 May '21

[Ag2000]

6 Jun '21

• Simulator "Quick Start Video" needs updating
• Working with PyCharm IDE
• Why is the Raspberry Pi GPIO pin 18 turned on?

31 May - 6 Jun '21

[Ag2000]

13 Jun '21

• Updated diagram of Raspberry Pi GPIO pin out / usage
• Added diagram of software modules

7 - 13 May '21

[Ag2000]

20 Jun '21

• Spent the week working on the low level Fan Library
  • Fan controlled by a selectable PWM
  • Accesses the CPU temperature & Frequency
  • Monitor optional fan control switch
    • Manual/Auto mode
    • On/Off in manual mode
  • Auto mode controls the fan based on
    • Selectible on/off CPU temperatures
    • Optional CPU frequency
• And the Fan module which uses the unicorn LED array to display
  • CPU temperature
  • CPU frequency
  • Fan on/off
  • Manual/Auto mode

14 - 20 Jun '21

[Ag2000]

27 Jun '21

• Got the fan status display and support software working the way I want it
• Implemented the sphinx, autodoc, reStructuredText , docstring documentation of the software implemented
• Reviewed all software documentation and got it up to the new standard (mostly)
• Fixed one OS problem and focused on a power problem,

21 - 27 jun '21

[Ag2000]

4 Jul '21

• Software work on Raspberry Pi command processing
• Learning features of the PyCharm IDE
• Hardware failure?

28 Jun - 4 Jul '21