Meeting log 2016 06 15

Team meeting - 2016.06.15

Attending: Márton Búr, Zsolt Mázló, Bálint Hegyi

Segment switch. (Relay related issue)
- In charge: Bálint, Zsolt
Automatic deployment, configuration management
- Topic 1: Automatic deployment of Linux images to the BeagleBone Black
  - DHCP server (DD-WRT based router)
  - PXE boot server (on Raspberry Pi)
  - TFTP image server (on Raspberry Pi)
  - U-boot configuration (on BeagleBone Blacks)
- Topic 2: Configuration management of installed images with Ansible
  - Linux update
  - Automatic
    
    Java (currently: Oracle JDK 8)
    
    PTP
    
    Every required software component
  - (Maybe run it at every system start)
Integration of control electronics to the desk
- For a new table minimize the number of non-mounted equipement
Enhanced camera, deploy the computer vision system to the desk
- Optimizing the computer vision to be able to run on a Raspberry Pi 3
- Wide angle lens
Missing sensors for the robot arm. (Crane grabber closed/open)
- Needed: New robot "arm"
  - Possibile alternative solution: U-crane
    
    Research: Existing build-kits
Topic 3 - Engine control from PC — replace multimouse
- e.g. PC interface card
- PC interface is a serial-USB converter
  - Arbitatrary programming language
  - Implementation of basic operations over DCC
    
    Changing turnout position
    
    Set train speed
    
    Emergency shutdown
Rebuild robot arm (from scratch)
- Refer to: Missing sensors for the robot arm.
Lighting
- Reflectors (2-4 piece)
- Mounting to the syma profile
Small monitoring display mounted to the table
- Possibile solution: Nagios
- Case mounted LCD display (4" display)
- Preferred size: 7" touch display
Phototransistors next to rails to sense trains
Sensor fusion
Different PWM frequency for each trains