Week 11 : Networking and Communications
This week is networking and communications week. We were individually tasked this week to design, build, and wired or wirelessly connect node(s) with network or bus addresses and local inputs and/or output devices. As well as a group task of sending a message between two projects. Not going to lie, this week feels like we went from swimming with floaties in a small pool to scuba diving in the Pacific Ocean.
Connecting Nodes with Network
To take on this week’s daunting task, I utilized tools and components that would help make this deep scuba dive trip into more of a snorkeling in the shallows type trip. Sorry for the continued analogy, but I think it helps get my point across. I have barely touched the surface of networking and communications and still barely understand it, but with somewhat accessible tools and ever evolving tech and can achieve our task and have a place to start.
- I first chose what method of communication with which microcontroller would be the easiest to work with. Getting advice from mentors, the route I chose was to use a Wi-Fi connection by way of the XIAO ESP32-S3, which already has Wi-Fi capabilities built in.- My final project did not initially have a use for networking or communications, but I wanted this week to have the possibility of tying into my final if desired. A task I thought would be useful is to have a count of every time the motion sensor is triggered, sent to a site. This would be useful data for me to collect and see how many people are stopping by my booth at shows or markets.
- Running into problems started before we even got to new content. For some reason I have been struggling to get my microcontroller to be recognized by my computer. I’ve been trouble shooting for quite a bit and still can’t seem to find the issue. Without a functional controller, I can’t really run any tests or codes.
- Let’s create a new very basic website to display/read out the number of times the sensor is triggered. We will use VS Code to make and code the site with code help from chat gpt.
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