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Notable things I've worked on

VEX V5

VEX V5

Robotics competition

From 2021-2024, I competed in the VEX robotics competition. Being an embedded C/C++ project, I learned lots about cross compilation and build systems. On the robotics side, I learned some basic control theory to help the robot move smoothly to where we wanted it. It was a fun challenge to work with robots with measurement error, physical restraints, and hardware issues on top of the usual software bugs.

To improve IDE integration and remove platform-specific build code, I converted the default project Makefile into a CMake project.

Features

  • Runtime sensor diagnostic information and debug tools on the screen (LVGL)
    • Runtime PID control testing and tuning
    • Real-time graphing of sensor information
    • Select autonomous run via the screen
  • Uses a CMake project instead of Makefiles (compared to a typical PROS project)
    • Improved IDE support (can generate a Visual Studio project)
    • Simplified dependency management
    • Better support across operating systems