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AID: Minutes for February 8th 2004

From: B. Bogart   benekran.org
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 12:08:33 -0800

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Minutes:
 
Minutes
AID Group Meeting February 8th 2004
Held at: Interaccess
Meeting commenced at 1:30pm
 
Present:  Ben, Mike, John, Stefan, Tim, Yeshua
 
What we accomplished:
 
* Stefan and Tim were able to reclaim the lost knowledge of how to burn 
the bootloader!

* Ben and Mike decided that we're going to create a forum of tasks on 
the AID drupal site so that we
   can track and attach responsibility to certain tasks

* John has agreed to take on the development of the "AtoD bend sensor" 
worked solution for the
   launch:

  - Switch Reader (Ben's responsibility)
  - A/D Bend Sensor (John's responsibility)
  - Polaroid Rangfinder (Rob's responsibility)
  - Sensbar-120V relay box (Mike's responsibility)
  - Audio/Video Playback (Ben's responsibility)
  - Motor Driver (Yeshua's responsibility)

* The AID team has decided that Proteus is the official AID-sanctioned 
shematic program.
   (It has a free version, but is not GPL and win32 only. We could find 
no GPL projects of a simar
   quality for pcb design and schematic capture)  
 
* Stefan has taken on the responsibility of creating the content shell 
(format) for the worked solutions.
   This is the organization of the "worked solution" distribution files. 
Stefan, I think it makes sense that
   you also do the content shell for the whole dev kit in tandem, so 
that they both fit together.

* We looked over the AID mainboard and peripheral schematics and 
realized a few issues, #1 they
   need to be revised and redone in proteus with the correct chips. #2 
There are issues with the
   design of the boards that we revisited. Does the /w line need to be 
pulled up? Should it be pulled up
   on the mainboard or on the peripheral board side? Do we need the 
pullup on the /r line? Should we
   remove it? (this pullup is on the peripheral side) #3 The aid 
mainboard schematic needs to be
   redone including all AtoD, pwm, I2C lines connected to header.

* After looking at the input and output board designs that they are too 
different to have one PCB
   design work for both, so there will be seperate designs for the input 
and output peripheral boards.
   (In the future it could be possible to redesign AID to use a 
input/output card in one design using a  
   transceiver.)

* We have decided that PCB designs for the aid peripheral boards in 
unlikely for the launch, but if
   anyone is inclined to work on it, please make yourself known!

* The 10bit AtoD and "bulk write" commands will be deffered in 
subsequent agendas. (This are not
   launch priorities)
 
* Yeshua has started the design of his motor driver peripheral schematic.  
 
Next week we will:  
 
* Continue with our assigned taks
* Plan out the "Getting started" guide for AID: (based on Stefan's 
structural recomondations)
  - How to get a chip programmer? Links to schematics/manufacturers.
  - How to build a programmer?  
  - Construction notes (tools, solder tips, external resources)
  - Part and tool suppliers.
  - How to build a mainboard?
  - How to build a test-board?
  - standalone AID test application
  - links to worked solution pages (on community site)
* Deal with issues with releasing AID, in terms of community credit and 
copyleft.
* Testing Demo applications to make sure all is still working.
 
 
Adjournment: 5:30
 
Next Meeting: February 15th, 1:30 at Interaccess Suite 444, 401 Richmond 
Street.



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