During the last month, significant efforts were directed towards coding the microcontroller. Unfortunately, several obstacles were encountered due to poor connections between the microcontroller, SD-card chip, and Pickit (the programmers for PIC microcontrollers). The root cause of these errors was identified to be functionality issues with the wires.

To address the challenges posed by the previous board, the decision was made to procure a Curiosity LPC board from Microchip Technology Inc. The Curiosity LPC board supports 20-pin 8-bit PIC® Microcontrollers with low voltage programming capability. This transition eliminated the need for an extra PicKit, which had been a major source of trouble in the previous setup.