Devlog #9: learning the AI side + designing a custom PCB

really good, productive session today. spent the whole day learning.

first half went into the machine learning side. since i want the algorithm to actually find and report fires properly, i went down a full rabbit hole on how AI works under the hood, neural networks, all of it. wanted to actually understand what’s going on instead of just copy pasting a model i don’t really get.

second half i switched gears to hardware and started designing a PCB. right now my gps/compass, the SBC, and the ESC are all separate boards basically taped to a surface, which is messy and not great for an actual flying build. the plan is to get all of them onto one clean board instead.

good mix of software and hardware today, feels like things are starting to come together.