Embedded Overview

About

ESW writes the high performance driver code that allows the other programming subteams to utilize the electronic equipment on the rover. We work primarily with libraries in C and python to abstract the functions needed by the other teams for easy use.

To do this we use a host of different communication protocols such as I2C, UART, and SPI, to transmit and receive relative data from sensors.

Essentially, we are the "glue" between the Electrical and Software branches!

What You Learn on ESW

How to use beaglebones, arduinos, and nucleos
How to analyze a datasheet and utilize online libraries to get information from sensors
C/C++, python
The way different communication protocols work

Current and Upcoming Projects

• The science sensor suite code
• The robotic arm(s) controller code
• The drive system code
• HAL SMBUS wrapper library
• The science communication restructuring project

Contacts

Carmen Giger ([email protected])
Embedded Software lead

Raymond Liu ([email protected])
Software Branch lead & former Embedded Software lead