This lab was a bit abstract feeling for me, in that I understand the concepts and what is happening and why, but I am not sure that I am fully able to implement it yet. I am not too concerned because I am sure I will be able to figure it out once I have a project I am excited about to execute the concepts with. Sending info back and forth from p5 feels good and I can see how I will implement that in a project (turning a pot to change something in a p5 sketch, clicking on something to activate it in the physical realm, etc.), but I want to look more at sensors which rely on serial communication to the arduino and why.
ASCII stuff is a bit more confusing to me still - I am wondering how much should I memorize with it to have a functional working knowledge of it? Or is it the type of thing where I will generally have the ASCII table open while I work on stuff? Functionality-wise I think I understand it, it allows us to send multi sensor data streams and the ascii is grammar while still fitting into the confines of serial communication.
The first part of this documentation of my lab is with my friend Callie who I worked on it with.
Our only hiccup during this was not closing serial at one point, which I was able to diagnose quickly, which is good.
