Mechanical
1. Iterate on your hovercraft design early to figure out what works in terms of skirts, weight balance, and propulsion systems.
2. Make everything funny and adorable.
3. Test hovercraft at different place.
4. A robust mechanical system is the first step towards a successful project
2. Make everything funny and adorable.
3. Test hovercraft at different place.
4. A robust mechanical system is the first step towards a successful project
Electrical
1. Solder everything instead of molex
2. Make sure the soldered points are well soldered
3. Test your circuits before solder them
4. Make the wires clean at the beginning will be helpful for circuit failure-checking in the future
5. Be careful with the allowable current for the H-bridge when driving the propulsion motor with PWM
6. Include a safety fuse in each power supply circuit, which saves a lot of time by preventing damage to the functional circuits
2. Make sure the soldered points are well soldered
3. Test your circuits before solder them
4. Make the wires clean at the beginning will be helpful for circuit failure-checking in the future
5. Be careful with the allowable current for the H-bridge when driving the propulsion motor with PWM
6. Include a safety fuse in each power supply circuit, which saves a lot of time by preventing damage to the functional circuits
Software
1. Simplify the code to make it straight forward and easy to read
2. Don't forget to clear/set the software 'flags' (or use less flags)
3. Be careful about getting stuck in the interrupts
4. Don't assign too many tasks to a PIC because debugging a PIC is much more painful than debugging a TIVA
2. Don't forget to clear/set the software 'flags' (or use less flags)
3. Be careful about getting stuck in the interrupts
4. Don't assign too many tasks to a PIC because debugging a PIC is much more painful than debugging a TIVA