Progress & Tech Logs
Latest updates related to the continual development and behind the scenes making of Bowie robot kits
Tech Log #019: AR marker tracking
Set up AR framework, the AR detection method that will be used is with custom markers. Ran in to a lot of debugging. Transparent background and cache on the marker pattern were the culprits. Figured it out, and everything works! Marker can be detected, tracks nicely,...
Tech Log #018: Device connected to map
Sending updates from an ESP32 device to the MQTT server is working! Right now, it's just barebones running with default values for GPS latitude, longitude, and a random number for air temperature. Ran in to a few issues with library selection, but that was easily...
Tech Log #017: Map GPS coordinate payload update
Changes were made to the GPS coordinate payload, as well as the map. Devices now dynamically load / unload based on if the location is in view on the map. Everything works! Check out the video snippet: Next step is to start adding new devices to the map - so on to the...
Tech Log #016: All 51 datapoints on map!
All 51 datalog points are being displayed on the map! The bug from yesterday was fixed. There were three contributing factors, a type error when parsing, a unicode decode error, and the most pertinent one was parsing .DS_Store instead of a real log file. The first two...
Tech Log #015: Array of Device objects updating in map
The array of Device objects is being updated with the data from MQTT. Presently, all devices (the 51 logs) are being stored as a test. This will then be used to display dots on the map. The console shows 50 Devices added to the array, not 51, however forever list...
Tech Log #014: 51 logs simultaneously
A total of 51 logs are sending data simultaneously at 1 second intervals to our MQTT server on AWS. For each log, there are currently 3 data points being sent at the same time. loglooper was updated to receive file, device id, and date through command line arguments,...
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