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DON’T READ THIS

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…if you want to know about the embedded programming I did during Fab Academy, but check the networking week or the final project.

This week was rather for literature review and contains way more text than code.

This week, we learned how to fabricate a PCB based on the design from week 8 using a milling machine. We did so by milling copper-foiled PCB stocks.

This week, we set up different sensors to send data to an MCU. In particular, I investigated an inertial measurement unit (IMU) as well as a vector magnetometer. Furthermore, I had more practice in SMD soldering.

This week, we were introduced to different output devices (such as various types of motors, addressable LEDs, etc.), and how to work with them. In my personal assignment, I designed and built small addressable LED matrix based on WS2812B LEDs and set it up to be controlled by the gyroscope I worked with in the input-devices week.

This week was about various methods to connect multiple units using network protocols. In the group assignment, we connected our boards wireless using the ESP-NOW protocol. In the individual assignment, I made my board to be a simple USB-MIDI controller, sending note-on and control-change messages to a DAW on my laptop.