Sarah’s Status Update 9/23

This week, we gave a presentation on our project proposal. We received good feedback on our design requirements, especially the concern about the size of the board we originally picked, the STM32 Nucleo Board. We decided to look into other options for our main board, including an Arduino Uno, for its ease of use. However, we realized that for the sensors we require, we would need around 8 analog inputs (not including the IMU inputs), which is 2 more than is included on the Arduino Uno. From here, we explored other options, such as analog multiplexers to switch between each sensor input, switch matrices to utilize the 6 analog inputs on the Arduino for 9 analog signals, or a PCB with extra ADC’s. We are still in progress of choosing a main board for the project, but the feedback we received was helpful in our research. Additionally, we chose the sensors we need for the project, and are working to order them in the coming days. We are still on schedule for the project, and we hope to receive some parts by next week to test compatibility and start setting up drivers for the main board.