Content for mars rover software lead and embryo pick and plate, small padding tweak to printed circuit board notes
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ASSEM
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astrojs
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Atmel
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automations
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barebones
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beaglebone
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Bitwarden
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fhhs
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flowbite
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flowrate
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gcode
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gerbers
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Gitea
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HDFS
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headshot
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Loctite
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luxon
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MGMT
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microcontroller
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microcontroller's
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Micropumps
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Millis
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modbus
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Mokai
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Multimeters
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nixos
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nvme
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offroad
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Onshape
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OSSM
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Rito
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RSSI
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SARL
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SCARA
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showerheads
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Shuttlebox
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simplemotion
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sinnhuber
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sitemapindex
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Smartsheet
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triaging
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trivago
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Truong
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Ubiquiti
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Unstow
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uuidv
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vaapi
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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const keys: { [key: string]: string } = {
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GUI: "Graphical user interface",
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NUC: "A small and low-power computer made by Intel",
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PCBs: "Printed circuit boards",
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SCARA: "Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm",
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TDD: "Test driven development",
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UPS: "Uninterruptible power supply",
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VISA: "Virtual instrument software architecture",
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@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const semanticPcbRevisionSort = (
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/>
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</div>
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{revision.notes && revision.notes.length > 0 && (
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<div class="border-caperren-green border-t p-4 text-sm">
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<div class="border-caperren-green border-t px-4 pt-4 pb-2 text-sm">
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<Ul lineItems={revision.notes} />
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</div>
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)}
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@@ -11,20 +11,34 @@ import type { videoConfig } from "@interfaces/video.ts";
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import { roverSubTitles } from "./osu-robotics-club.ts";
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import H3 from "@components/H3.astro";
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import Li from "@components/Li.astro";
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import Video from "@components/Media/Video.astro";
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import Paragraph from "@components/Paragraph.astro";
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import Paragraphs from "@components/Paragraphs.astro";
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import SkillMatrix from "@components/SkillMatrix/SkillMatrix.astro";
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import Timeline from "@components/Timeline/Timeline.astro";
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import Ul from "@components/Ul.astro";
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import type { categorySkills } from "@interfaces/skill-matrix.ts";
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import type { timelineEntry } from "@interfaces/timeline.ts";
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import { DateTime } from "luxon";
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import circ_champions from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/circ-champions.jpg";
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import corwin_at_competition from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/corwin-at-competition.jpg";
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import drumheller_team_photo from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/drumheller-team-photo.jpg";
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import final_ground_station_gui from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/final-ground-station-gui.png";
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import ground_station_at_competition from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/ground-station-at-competition.jpg";
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import iris_pcb_assembly_timelapse_converted from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/iris-pcb-assembly-timelapse-converted.mp4";
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import iris_pcb_assembly_timelapse_converted from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/iris-pcb-assembly-timelapse.mp4";
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import iris_pcb_working from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/iris-pcb-working.jpg";
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import rover_at_competition_from_above from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/rover-at-competition-from-above.jpg";
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import rover_at_competition_pickup_test from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/rover-at-competition-pickup-test.jpg";
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import rover_gimbal_test_converted from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/rover-gimbal-test-converted.mp4";
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import rover_gimbal_test_converted from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/rover-gimbal-test.mp4";
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import rover_pose_with_dinosaur from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/rover-pose-with-dinosaur.jpg";
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import rover_with_arm_pose_in_desert from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/rover-with-arm-pose-in-desert.jpg";
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import senior_design_fair from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/senior-design-fair.jpg";
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import silly_poke from "@assets/experience/osu-robotics-club/mars-rover-software-lead/silly-poke.gif";
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import Video from "@components/Media/Video.astro";
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import LinkButton from "@components/LinkButton.astro";
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const headerCarouselGroup: carouselGroup = {
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animation: "slide",
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corwin_at_competition,
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rover_at_competition_from_above,
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rover_at_competition_pickup_test,
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senior_design_fair,
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final_ground_station_gui,
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ground_station_at_competition,
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iris_pcb_working,
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],
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};
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const timeline: timelineEntry[] = [
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{
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event: "Project Started",
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eventDetail: "Design Work Begins",
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date: DateTime.fromISO("2017-09-01"),
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},
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{
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event: "Senior Design Presentation",
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eventDetail: "Senior Design Fair",
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date: DateTime.fromISO("2018-05-18"),
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},
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{
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event: "Won 1st Place!",
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eventDetail: "CIRC",
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date: DateTime.fromISO("2018-08-13"),
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},
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{
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event: "Project Finished",
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eventDetail: "Final Documentation Complete",
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date: DateTime.fromISO("2018-08-31"),
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},
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];
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const categorizedSkills: categorySkills[] = [
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{
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category: "Software & Environments",
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skills: [
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{
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item: "Version Control",
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subItems: [{ item: "Git" }],
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},
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{
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item: "Programming",
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subItems: [
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{
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item: "Languages",
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subItems: [
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{ item: "Python 2" },
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{ item: "C++" },
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{ item: "Bash Shell Scripting" },
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{ item: "High-Level Embedded C/C++ (Arduino/Teensy)" },
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],
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},
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{
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item: "Frameworks",
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subItems: [{ item: "OpenCV" }, { item: "Qt" }],
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},
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],
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},
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{
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item: "Operating Systems",
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subItems: [
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{
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item: "Linux",
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subItems: [{ item: "Ubuntu" }],
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},
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],
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},
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],
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},
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{
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category: "Electrical",
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skills: [
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{
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item: "Schematic & PCB Design",
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subItems: [
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{
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item: "Software",
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subItems: [{ item: "Altium Designer" }],
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},
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{
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item: "PCB Assembly & Rework",
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subItems: [
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{ item: "Handheld Soldering" },
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{ item: "Handheld Hot-Air Reflow" },
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{ item: "Oven Reflow" },
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],
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},
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],
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},
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{
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item: "Electrical Diagnostics",
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subItems: [
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{ item: "Multimeters" },
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{ item: "Electronic Loads" },
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{ item: "Oscilloscopes" },
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{ item: "Logic Analyzers" },
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],
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},
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{
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item: "Harnessing Fabrication",
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subItems: [{ item: "DC Power & Signal" }],
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},
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],
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},
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];
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const videos: videoConfig[] = [
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{ videoPath: iris_pcb_assembly_timelapse_converted },
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{ videoPath: rover_gimbal_test_converted },
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{ videoPath: "https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ZjGW-HWapVA" },
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{ videoPath: "https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sceA2ZbEV8Y0" },
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{ videoPath: "https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sceA2ZbEV8Y" },
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];
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---
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<ExperienceLayout title="Software Team Lead" subTitles={roverSubTitles}>
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<Carousel carouselGroup={headerCarouselGroup} />
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<div class="grid grid-flow-row place-content-center gap-4 md:grid-flow-col">
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<LinkButton
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href="https://github.com/OSURoboticsClub/Rover_2017_2018"
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title="Rover and Ground Station Code"
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/>
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</div>
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<PageGroup>
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<Fragment slot="header"><H2>Summary</H2></Fragment>
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<PageGroup>
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<Fragment slot="header"><H3>Timeline</H3></Fragment>
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<Timeline timeline={timeline} />
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</PageGroup>
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<PageGroup>
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<Fragment slot="header"><H3>Key Takeaways</H3></Fragment>
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<Ul>
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<Li
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>Wrote software in Python and C++ for the Rover's onboard computer</Li
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>
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<Li
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>Wrote firmware in embedded C/C++ for the Rover's distributed
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microcontroller sub-systems</Li
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>
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<Li
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>Hand-assembled most of the custom PCBs for the Rover's distributed
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microcontroller sub-systems</Li
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>
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<Li>Hand-fabricated much of the custom harnessing on the Rover</Li>
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<Li>Piloted the Rover during some competition events</Li>
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</Ul>
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</PageGroup>
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<SkillMatrix categorizedSkills={categorizedSkills} />
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</PageGroup>
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<PageGroup>
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<Fragment slot="header"><H2>Details</H2></Fragment>
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<PageGroup>
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<Fragment slot="header"><H3>My Experience</H3></Fragment>
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<Paragraphs>
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<Paragraph>
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I had not originally planned to be software lead for this Rover year,
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as I was already working two part time jobs and going to school
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full-time, but after my best friend Nick decided to become team and
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electrical lead, and my other best friend Dylan would create the
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rover's arm for his senior design project, I just couldn't say no.
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This also came hot off the heels of me being the emergency software
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lead for Rover the previous year, writing enough code in the nine days
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before competition to at least give them a fighting chance, which they
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had, so I was even more prepped and ready. I only had one hard
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requirement, joining as the software lead, and it was that we would
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have to create a serious ground station setup. When I first joined the
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robotics club in 2011, I did so because I was enraptured by the rover,
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but especially its ground station, which was a full-screen display
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full of stats, indicators, and buttons that got the nerd in me
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excited. If I was going to go all-in, I was going to do the same, and
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ended up making the ground station software my university senior
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design project.
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</Paragraph>
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<Paragraph>
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The upcoming year of work turned out to be some of the most intense I
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ever had at OSU, mostly self-inflicted due to not wanting to let this
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opportunity get wasted. It's worth noting, that not only was I writing
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the ground station software, but also the software running on the
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rover's onboard Jetson TX2 computer, all the firmware for each of the
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many distributed systems, on top of also hand-assembling/debugging
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most of the rover's PCBs, and creating many of its electrical wiring
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harnesses. In total, I put in over 2000 hours of work on this project,
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while working two part-time jobs and taking classes. It was a lot,
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but, it also turned out to be my proudest achievement while at OSU, so
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I'd argue it was worth it!
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</Paragraph>
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<Paragraph>
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After these countless hours, what resulted was some incredibly robust
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hardware and software, which didn't crash, and which allowed us to
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absolutely crush the competition at the Canadian International Rover
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Challenge in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. We won first place, with a
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final score of 287 points. The second best team got 159, so it wasn't
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even close! On top of doing that well, the software was also feature
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complete by halfway through the competition, which was no small feat
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considering the amount of scope creep a project like this tends to
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encounter. I was particularly proud of the ground station by this
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point as well. Not only was it a treasure trove of information about
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the Rover's state, but included live GPS mapping, multiple switchable
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camera views with pan/tilt capabilities and quality-switching,
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artificial speed limiting, and automations to automatically complete
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some of the tasks from the competition with just a few button presses.
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Considering the robotics team hadn't placed over 3rd since before I'd
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started in 2011, finally getting a first place win was a breath of
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fresh air, and made it much more cathartic when graduating the
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following year.
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</Paragraph>
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</Paragraphs>
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</PageGroup>
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<PageGroup>
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<Fragment slot="header"><H3>Technical Overview</H3></Fragment>
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<Paragraphs>
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<Paragraph>
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The ground station itself contained an Intel NUC with a Core i5, 16GB
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ram, nvme ssd, and was connected to two 23″ 1080p monitors. I chose
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two so we would be able to see all primary Rover systems without
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having to swap between tabs or pages, which I’d had to do on some
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other software I’d written and knew wouldn’t be efficient when we were
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in the middle of a timed event. The desktop ran Ubuntu 16.04 with the
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ROS2 stack. For the UI, PyQt was used, allowing for easy tweaking
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using QtCreator, and which provided access to QtSignals, a feature
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that made simple cross-thread communication much easier in Python. The
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Python code itself was Python 2, which was a limitation of the ROS2
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stack. Control of the rover was done via USB xbox controllers, plus a
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keyboard and mouse.
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</Paragraph>
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<Paragraph>
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The Rover itself ran on an NVidia Jetson TX2 single-board computer
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powered from a 500Wh li-on battery. The electronics box also contained
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a fuse box, power cutoff, network switch, battery backup, composite to
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network video converter, usb hub, FrSky controller receiver, and
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custom usb->RS485 adapter board. The TX2 ran Ubuntu 16.04 with the
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ROS2 stack, just like the ground station. All remote control boards on
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the Rover were communicated to using the modbus protocol over RS485.
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Interfacing with the arm was achieved via RS485 as well, but using the
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custom simplemotion control library provided by the motor controller
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company. Using linux UDEV rules, usb->serial and cameras were
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symlinked to custom, repeatable names at /dev/rover/name so that
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devices could be accessed identically after reboots. Custom ROS nodes
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were written for each system to be controlled, and the whole Rover ROS
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package set to start automatically at boot. The Rover could be
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controlled with an FrSky X9D controller whether the ground station was
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running or not. The controller could also override all other control
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inputs on-the-fly by flipping a switch on the controller. This was a
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safety feature to ensure runaway ground station or autonomy code
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wouldn’t allow the Rover to take off on its own. Conversely, the Rover
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would also work without the controller powered on, but would
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immediately allow for this override if turned on at any time.
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Communication with the ground station was done using two Ubiquiti
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Rocket M2 long-range wifi radios, along with their 10dB
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omnidirectional antennas. This simple setup allowed for a transparent
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ethernet link to be made between the two systems, allowing for useful
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features such as remote debugging and code upload. The radios were
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tested to work at roughly a kilometer away, when mostly line-of-sight.
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</Paragraph>
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</Paragraphs>
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</PageGroup>
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</PageGroup>
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<PageGroup>
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<Fragment slot="header"><H2>Videos</H2></Fragment>
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<div class="grid grid-cols-1 gap-4 md:grid-cols-2">
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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import Video from "@components/Media/Video.astro";
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import PageGroup from "@components/PageGroup.astro";
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import Paragraph from "@components/Paragraph.astro";
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import Paragraphs from "@components/Paragraphs.astro";
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import PopoverWordDefinition from "@components/PopoverWordDefinition.astro";
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import PrintedCircuitBoard from "@components/PrintedCircuitBoard.astro";
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import SkillMatrix from "@components/SkillMatrix/SkillMatrix.astro";
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import Timeline from "@components/Timeline/Timeline.astro";
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import pick_and_placing from "@assets/experience/osu-sinnhuber-aquatic-research-laboratory/zebrafish-embryo-pick-and-plate/pick-and-placing.mp4";
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import precision_homing from "@assets/experience/osu-sinnhuber-aquatic-research-laboratory/zebrafish-embryo-pick-and-plate/precision-homing.mp4";
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import InlineLink from "@components/InlineLink.astro";
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import { DateTime } from "luxon";
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const headerCarouselGroup: carouselGroup = {
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];
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const categorizedSkills: categorySkills[] = [
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{
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category: "Software & Environments",
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skills: [
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{
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item: "Version Control",
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subItems: [{ item: "Git" }],
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},
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{
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item: "Programming",
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subItems: [
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{
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item: "Languages",
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subItems: [
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{ item: "Python 2" },
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{ item: "Bash Shell Scripting" },
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{ item: "Low-Level Embedded C/C++ (Atmel Studio)" },
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],
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},
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{
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item: "Frameworks",
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subItems: [{ item: "OpenCV" }, { item: "Qt" }],
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},
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],
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},
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{
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item: "Operating Systems",
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subItems: [
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{
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item: "Linux",
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subItems: [{ item: "Debian" }],
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},
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{ item: "Microsoft Windows" },
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],
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@@ -143,7 +193,15 @@ const videos: string[] = [pick_and_placing, precision_homing];
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<Ul>
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<Li>Placeholder</Li>
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<Li
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>Delivered a design, and multiple built units, of a custom embryo
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pick-and-plate machine</Li
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>
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<Li>Reduced cost from ~$150,000 for previous generation to ~$10,000</Li>
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<Li
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>Reduced the size from 4.5'x4.5'x8' for previous generation to
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1'x1'x1.5'</Li
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>
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<Paragraph> Placeholder </Paragraph>
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<Paragraph>
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For some quick context on why such a machine was even needed, the
|
||||
Sinnhuber Aquatic Research Lab performs toxicology research using
|
||||
Zebrafish. This means tha the lab is also a breeding facility,
|
||||
generating a few thousand eggs a day, which need to be processed and
|
||||
isolated prior to being introduced to experimental conditions. At one
|
||||
point in time, these processes were done by hand, with all researchers
|
||||
spending a significant portion of their day simply prepping the embryos.
|
||||
Later on, they hired a contractor to design an automated solution to the
|
||||
isolation problem, and while they delivered, the units were industrial
|
||||
overkill, using massive <PopoverWordDefinition key="SCARA" /> arms and enclosures
|
||||
to pick up embryos which were roughly half a millimeter in diameter. They
|
||||
were also very expensive, costing around $150k per machine, and the lab had
|
||||
four installed. Thus, the engineering team was tasked with cost and size reducing
|
||||
them so that more could fit in the same space and throughput could be higher.
|
||||
</Paragraph>
|
||||
<Paragraph>
|
||||
My coworker, <InlineLink href="https://dylanthrush.com"
|
||||
>Dylan Thrush</InlineLink
|
||||
>, and I got to work. He focussed on the mechanical side, while I worked
|
||||
on electrical and software. I had recently been learning PCB design
|
||||
after becoming more familiar with it through the OSU robotics club, and
|
||||
decided that a good place to start would be to create a motion
|
||||
controller. Dylan and I had already landed on a simple stepper-motor
|
||||
based system to more than meet the needs of a task like this, and both
|
||||
of us already had experience with stepper-based CNC machines, making it
|
||||
a great jumpoff point. My first PCB was unfortunately a massive failure,
|
||||
because while I did include a quad stepper motor driver,
|
||||
microcontroller, general purpose I/O, and usb to serial interface, I
|
||||
failed to export the gerbers correctly. This resulted in a PCB with no
|
||||
drills, making it completely useless (outside of a good learning
|
||||
experience)! It was also just a poor layout overall, which isn't
|
||||
surprising considering it was my first ever PCB design. If you want to
|
||||
see this embarrassing result, check out the PCB section at the end of
|
||||
this page!
|
||||
</Paragraph>
|
||||
<Paragraph>
|
||||
For the second revision, we'd made some progress in other places, but
|
||||
most importantly had decided that we would use a <InlineLink
|
||||
href="https://www.beagleboard.org/boards/beaglebone-black"
|
||||
>Beaglebone Black</InlineLink
|
||||
> single-board-computer to run the whole system. In an effort to simplify
|
||||
the assembly, I decided that the next revision would include headers to directly
|
||||
mount the Beaglebone to the unit, providing power and a serial interface over
|
||||
those pins. This version actually worked as expected, with only a few very
|
||||
minor bodges to the microcontroller's crystal, and some bulk capacitance on
|
||||
the power input. Since things were working, I began writing embedded C to
|
||||
control motion through some higher-level interfaces. Not long into this process,
|
||||
I realized I might have bitten off more than I could chew. Not only was I
|
||||
having to learn the deep ins and outs of microcontroller programming, kinematics,
|
||||
and serial interfaces, but I would still have to greatly improve my Python
|
||||
skills, learn to create graphical user interfaces, and figure out how to detect
|
||||
embryos using a camera and computer vision. While I was sad to scrap this,
|
||||
we decided to fall back on a motion controller called <InlineLink
|
||||
href="https://synthetos.com/project/tinyg">TinyG</InlineLink
|
||||
>, which would simply require gcode to be sent over serial to function.
|
||||
</Paragraph>
|
||||
<Paragraph>
|
||||
Dylan built up a mechanical testbed, which we could mount a camera to,
|
||||
and I began to focus on embryo detection. I was relatively new to
|
||||
Python, but quickly found the Qt framework for building decent-looking
|
||||
interfaces, and OpenCV for providing generic detection capabilities via
|
||||
webcams. Over the next few years (remember, we were students doing this
|
||||
part time, and working on other projects simultaneously), I eventually
|
||||
created a fairly comprehensive user interface that would allow
|
||||
researchers to tune detection and motion parameters on-the-fly. This was
|
||||
shown on a touchscreen that the beaglebone plugged into, making it quite
|
||||
intuitive. Dylan had also created a mechanical foundation providing
|
||||
repeatable alignment for a petri dish with embryos, the 96-well plate
|
||||
for placement, and a waste container to get rid of extra water in our
|
||||
metal pipette tip that would be used to pick up the embryos. I'd also
|
||||
created some very bright lighting boards to mount to the unit's
|
||||
extrusion, illuminating the embryos from the side, something that was
|
||||
absolutely required for consistent detection with the camera. After a
|
||||
long journey, we finally delivered multiple units to the lab! Seeing
|
||||
such small devices performing the same task next to the behemoths which
|
||||
were the prior versions was quite amusing. You could easily fit a two by
|
||||
two grid of these in the working area of each of those machines.
|
||||
Overall, this was a highly ambitious project, but it developed some of
|
||||
my most successful skills I gained while at OSU while accelerating the
|
||||
research at the lab!
|
||||
</Paragraph>
|
||||
</Paragraphs>
|
||||
</PageGroup>
|
||||
<PageGroup>
|
||||
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user