Hours 1007

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wed jun 30

  • 7:15a-
  • worked all day.
    • work on invoice until ~1pm
    • testing of instant on, investigate FLASH memory.
    • dinner w/RC @leg
    • at MIT 5pm

thur jul 1

  • worked all morning
    • investigate use of flash memory for calb tables
    • forums re getting assistance
  • 7p -
    • meet w/RC to discuss project status


fri jun 2

  • 9a - 1p
    • invesitate read/write flash, issues with linker, issues with realice.
    • power on SM development
    • investiage code merge


  • 4:30p - 9:30p
    • at IW
    • code merge and testing of same
    • create special command hooks for JS firmware
    • investigate / work around issue with power off SM forcing demux SM state.

sat jul 3

  • 1hr -
    • project documentation, sync w/GG JS on merge status.
  • 2 hrs
    • complete assembly and test AKENC3m
  • 2.5
    • email DS re calb stop
    • power on SG simulation in matlab
    • experiment w/write flash


tue jul 6

  • 10:25a - 10p (
    • discuss project priorities w/RC
    • integrating FF instant on, 2930, 2936, 2937

wed jul 7

  • 5:15a-6:35
    • improve calb stop to make use of true north.
    • trajectory simulation
  • 12:30p - 7:55p
    • assist DG w/LTF - commutation issue
    • discuss battery options w/CA and Mk
    • assist GG w/osc caused by FF and ISLIP interaction, need ability to read MILE and to set commref.
      • MILE doesn't seem to read w/cmd 1106
      • will need a commutation MC state - for LTF etc
    • start implementation of traj onto MC
    • re-implemented cmd 1480 - for readback of MILE.
  • 1 hr - at home


thur jul 8

  • 9:50a-1:20p
    • work to make instant on MC backward compatible w/LTF
      • CMD 1480 to read SSI sensors, modify bench test and support to make use of
    • calb_stop has analog sensor offset output
      • would like to integrate into some of the other tests
    • TODO - calb_stop for HALT
  • 2:15p- 9pm
    • discuss w/RC boost prj
    • merge SS into trunk
    • LTF2 has SC 2745, MC 2718; will update w/latest.
    • interview AB

fri jul 9

  • 9a - 1p
  • 3p-9:30
    • work at IW
    • calb stop improvements, w/GG to integrate into procedure.
    • issue with H2-04

sat jul 10

  • 1 hr
    • trajectory simulation, moving into motor space.
  • 12:30p - 8:15p
    • work at IW
    • discuss calb fixture w/RC, DG
    • discuss global opt toolbox w/ZH, RC and ED - need to DL from mathworks. - need passwords.
    • start diag development for benchtest. rework iochan_capture.py, save files for S3, H2-04
      • C:\xxx\0svn\data-collection\iochan_capture
      • C:\xxx\0svn\data-collection\calb_stop
    • study trajectory issues with initial conditions
    • mc_diag development.

sun jul 11

  • 4 hrs
    • install matlab
    • sc - no calb - development.

mon jul 12

  • 11:30a-10:15p -2 -1
    • study Excell w/ZH firmware. find uses xlsread which requires COM server. Openoffice doesnt work.
    • assist ED w/calb fixture dev
    • trajectory ctrl development

tue jul 13

  • 6:50a - 7:50a
    • debug trajectory ctrl
  • 10:50a -
    • debug trajectory ctrl, connect to mc_statemachine state 42.

wed jul 14

thr jul 15

  • 3pm - 10:30p -1hr
    • discuss w/RC and GG re status
    • discuss w/RC batteries
    • calb stop improvement
    • integrate trajectory into SW
    • add longer waiting MC boot state when no calb table; SC motor commands for traject

fri jul 16

  • 10:30a -

sat jul 17

    • calb_stop improvements, change COMREF to mode4, correctly normalize theta_beta poly calc

sun jul 18

  • 11:50a -
    • improve read_calb_table
    • work on the script

mon jul 19

  • 2:00p - 5:15 -15
    • investigate effect of velocity measurement on oscillation freq.
  • 8:45-10:30p
    • experiments / verification of setting incremental encoder via command 1490\

tue jul 20

  • 4:45 hrs
    • phone w/ED re dataport sel
    • email re dataport w/SWIFI
    • phone w/RC discuss SWIFI communication, pyramid
    • analysis of AAS resolution, email on same
    • discuss w/RC pyramid and torque control

wed jul 21

  • 9:45a-11:25a
    • admin
    • MC torque calculation, modify read_calb_stop to create poly for motor_pos -> beta
  • 12:30p-10:30p
    • at IW
    • assist ED w/read back of pyramid data on calb
    • meet w/GG. meet w/HH, GG discuss torque sensor
    • implement MC torque computation
    • find that latest SM doesn't change the MC state. not sure of the cause.

thur jul 22

  • 11:30a - 9:20p
    • meet w/HH, GG, RC discuss direction
    • discuss bootup procedure w/ED
    • merge some of ION firmware into H2TX branch

fri jul 23

  • 9:10a - 1:45p
    • discussion w/RC and HH re plan
  • 3p - 8:15pm
    • add ION features to TX branch, and test w/HH
    • assist ED requirements to boot ankle for calb.

sat jul 24

  • 10:15a - 12:30p
    • debug ION BS position estimation
  • 1:15p - 9:15p
    • IW - implement startup alg to zero BS pos
    • work w/GG to understand tools
  • 10:45p - 12:10a
    • implement iterative method to find bs zero

sun jul 25

  • 11:15a - 10p
    • at iw. w/hh and rc
    • add trajectory ctrl
    • test hh/several

mon jul 26

  • 1.25 hr
    • add tuning parameters for trajectory ctrl to SC
  • 12 - 10p
    • a iw
    • test on several subjects
    • debug SM
  • 10:45 - 12:30a
    • experiments w/output ref traj ctrl.

tue jul 27

  • 10a-1p
    • experiment w/output ref traj ctrl
  • 1:30p - 2:15a
    • finalize firmware, fixed MC issue w/one sided imped
    • test w/subject J
    • calb stop and prepare #13-#21

wed jul 28

  • 8:30a -6pm
    • assist ML w/prep #12
  • 9pm-10:30p
    • review data for BS zero experiments

thur jul 29

  • 9:45a- 5:30p
    • update documentation, email DG and MLI re wiki
    • email JS re calb tables.

fri jul 30

  • 1hr
  • 4pm - 9:45p
    • recalibrate robots for testing w/HH and subject
    • firmware development, implement low voltage cutoff

sat jul 31

  • 9:00a -9:55a
    • firmware development, implement low voltage cutoff
    • 12:05p - 11:50p
    • work w/GG on state machine bug and re factor, calb_stop and ION details,; discuss roll out of release 3
    • complete and test low voltage cutoff


sun aug 1

  • 10:30a - 12:15
    • implement re-scalable tau trajectory.
  • 12:30-8:45
    • test LV
    • test trajectory w/rescaled tau
    • implement temp measurement following trahectorey

mon aug 2

  • 10:15a - 9:30p -20
    • discuss new network router w/ED
    • experments w/calb stop - how to locate hardstop and its effect on torqie
    • calb, test, ship 3 robots to TX.