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Information

It’s definitely been longer than I planned since my last update .

I was on vacation for a while, and I honestly lost more time than I wanted to. Instead of letting that stop the project, I decided to get back on track by focusing on something that will help Sentinel in the long run: learning C++.

What I’ve Been Doing

While I haven’t been home to work on the hardware, I’ve been spending my time learning the fundamentals of C++.

Some of the topics I’ve been working through includes:

• Variables
• Loops
• Functions
• Enums
• Classes
• General programming concepts

I’ve attached a few screenshots showing what I’ve been learning.

The Plan

Since I lost some time during vacay, I going to have to do 4 hours and 32 minutes a day until I reach my goal.
It won’t be easy, but I know it’ll be worth it when Sentinel finally comes together.

Progress

Even though there hasn’t been much hardware progress yet, I believe learning C++ now will save me a lot of time later because I’ll be writing and understanding my own rover software instead of relying on tutorials.

Next Mission

• Continue learning C++
• Return home
• Start assembling Sentinel
• Begin writing the rover’s software

Thanks for following Project Sentinel. The build will finally start picking up speed soon!