<p>I will be frank and eliminate the chaff that I usually include in my conclusion. I am not proud of this week's work. I generally pride myself on exploring facets of each week's assignment that I am curious about and conducting my exploration in a detailed manner that ensures I accrue the maximum amount of knowledge in the week-long span that I have for each project. As I fell behind due to a variety of factors, I was forced to recognize a truth: I needed to take one week to catch up on late work and also finish the current week's assignment. As I do not actually need an output that runs on a custom board for my final project, I unfortunately figured that output week would be the optimal time to catch up on my late work. Now I will be able to output the same caliber of work that I enjoy producing, though I certainly plan on taking a deeper dive into outputs with custom electronics in the very near future, and will certainly include my future projects on the 'projects' tab of my page. Overall, I feel that this week was useful in strengthening my EAGLE speedrunning capabilities and allowing me to catch up my work for Fab while continuing to satisfy the requirements for this week. <p>
<p>While the board that I designed for this week to control the motor did work as intended, there are several key flaws with my design that prevent the motor from functioning with maximum performance, primarily due to the limitations of the microcontroller that I used for this week. The ATTiny412 is an excellent microcontroller for smaller electronics that do not require significant amounts of current to operate at their maximum levels. However, my motor requires significantly more current than the 40 mA that the ATTiny412 is capable of supplying to its output pins. Several solutions that would have functioned better for controlling the motor that I used during my work for this week's assignment include the inclusion of a motor driver board or a MOSFET motor driver, which are capable of supplying significantly more power to the motor and allowing to take full control over its potential that was incredibly restricted when powered by the digital pins on the ATTiny412 that I used to power it. <p>
<h2>Group Assignment</h2>
<p>This week's group work was done entirely by <ahref="http://fabacademy.org/2021/labs/charlotte/students/drew-griggs">Drew Griggs</a>, and his contributions are described in extensive detail on this week's <ahref="http://fabacademy.org/2021/labs/charlotte/">group site</a>. </p>
