2024-06-16 | Meeting 00

[olenamolla]

Meeting Summary

Platform: Discord Voice Channel

Main Points Discussed

Communication Layer

• Current Setup: Wi-Fi (used last year)
  • Disadvantage: Low range
• Alternatives to Consider:
  • LoRa
  • Xbee
• Action Items:
  • Implement and test both alternatives.
  • Determine which one meets the project's needs the most.
  • Create a repository with libraries, similar to what the Vehicle Integration team did, to simplify communication between teams.
  • Acquaint the team with the Vehicle Integration codebase, especially the publish/subscribe pattern in RabbitMQ.

Video Feed

• Focus: The most experimental area this year.
• Research Needed:
  • How FPV transceivers are used.
  • How to encode and send data to a web browser.

Ground Data Hub

• Development Goals:
  • Develop a return-to-home protocol.
  • Build a hub that collects weather and environmental data and sends it to the GCS operator.