Week 5: Sensor communication update.

Began looking into ways to store data incase either circuit looses power, so the system can resume normal operations when power is restored without requiring any assistance from the user. One method that looks promising is the Arduinos EEPROM.

EEPROM is an Electrically Erasable programmable Read-Only Memory, which can remember things with power being turned off or after resetting the Arduino. The only issue with EEPROM that seem common are initialization issues, and driver versions if needed. [25]

Work on the Bluetooth transmission of the system to ensure integrity of data being sent and in the correct order. Below are pictures from the output monitors for each system showing values being sent and received by the two systems. The systems clock will need to be adjusted, as well as program delays, to try and optimize power consumption.

In order to send data without any issues the way the measurements were being stored was switched from an array storage method to individual variables seemed to result in accurate data transmission, although not sure why the array was causing issues.

This allowed for easier transmission and printing of data in the monitor for debugging of the system in real time.