We began programming the player and host modules.  Brandon worked on the host module, and currently has the touch screen and scoring mostly functioning, but the UART communication has a few bugs that need to be dealt with.

Nick worked on the player module using a borrowed micro stick.  The buzzer input-capture and LED’s are in full operation and are controlled and communicate via UART.  The players score can also be controlled via UART.  The only problem is with the seven segment displays.  When outputting the values on the oscilloscope they look perfectly fine, but the results from the actual board tend to differ.  I believe and also hope that this is a current restriction on the PIC that we will be avoiding in the final product by using the battery packs and a MOSFET arrangement.

We were not able to start running the modules off batteries because the battery packs have not yet arrived.  Our Bluetooth modules have arrived, but still need to have their pins soldered to them, be attached to the circuits and be configured.  That is our plan for next week.  We also need to finish programming the modules.  If the batteries and voltages regulators arrive, we will also try to start running the modules from them.