{"id":157,"date":"2025-03-17T17:25:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T17:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/haptic-waves\/?p=157"},"modified":"2025-04-09T17:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:57:18","slug":"week-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/haptic-waves\/week-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Spring Break in the Lab: Diving into Adafruit and Prepping for GDC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While many were enjoying a well-earned break, Danni stayed behind to keep the momentum going. With a quiet lab and some uninterrupted time, she dove into research, tackled tech hurdles, and got everything prepped for the road ahead\u2014including her upcoming trip to GDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rethinking Microcontrollers: From Feather Sense to HUZZAH32<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, we had built a motor prototype with Vivian using Adafruit\u2019s <strong>Feather Sense microcontroller<\/strong>. While promising, the setup came with a big limitation\u2014it required a Mac-only application to run the software. That restriction made further development tricky, especially for a multi-platform team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the break, Danni took the reins to find a more flexible solution. After researching alternatives, she landed on the <strong>Adafruit HUZZAH32 \u2013 ESP32 Feather Board<\/strong>. This microcontroller offers <strong>Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capabilities<\/strong>, which opens up exciting possibilities for designing and controlling haptic sensations directly through code\u2014without being locked to a specific OS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Catching Up &amp; Looking Ahead<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The quiet week also gave Danni time to catch up on blog posts and documentation\u2014something that often takes a back seat during busier times. With everything up to date and a clearer roadmap in place, she wrapped the week by prepping for her upcoming trip to <strong>GDC<\/strong>, where she\u2019ll reconnect with the team and soak up insights from the wider game development community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it\u2019s deep tech dives or catching up on the behind-the-scenes work that keeps projects moving, Danni made the most of spring break\u2014and we\u2019re all better positioned because of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring Break in the Lab: Diving into Adafruit and Prepping for GDC While many were enjoying a well-earned break, Danni stayed behind to keep the momentum going. With a quiet lab and some uninterrupted time, she dove into research, tackled tech hurdles, and got everything prepped for the road ahead\u2014including her upcoming trip to GDC. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/haptic-waves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/haptic-waves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/haptic-waves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/haptic-waves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/haptic-waves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/haptic-waves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/haptic-waves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/haptic-waves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/haptic-waves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/haptic-waves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}