This week (10/17-10/23), I spent the first couple of days on the Ethics assignment, in preparation for Wednesday’s guest lecture. I enjoyed Wednesday’s lecture and it was nice to get an outside perspective on the ethics of our project.
In addition to the ethics assignment, I spent this week making sure all necessary components were ordered. We had to pivot to using a different type of battery, a 3.7V LiPo with a large capacity close to 5000 mAh. I think all of our components are set to go right now.
I also started setting up an Arduino to test our capacitive sensor. We haven’t yet received our Arduino Pro Minis so I used an Uno which was available. I started getting familiar with the CapSense library and figuring out how to connect the aluminum foil to the board.
I think I am slightly behind on schedule. I need to pick up the pace in terms of getting the proof-of-concept for the capacitive sensor working since that is a vital part of our project. Next week I hope to fully test the sensor and tune it with appropriate resistors in order to pick up human presence. If I can get the capacitive sensor to a good state next week I will be back on pace.
Overall our team is moving ahead nicely and we are collaborating as a team. JJ and Nathan have both made great progress on their respective parts of the project as well. After we get all components delivered and the capacitive sensor working we’ll be in good shape going forwards.