Team Status Report for 11/4

This week, we primarily focused on preparing for our interim demo. Because focused on breadboarding the electrical subsystem for the stepper motor, Becky adjusted the design of the loading system, and had parts fabricated. We have decided to separate the software side from the hardware side, so the RPi handles the software and communicates with the arduino via uart, which handles the hardware. Zeynep focused on completing the front-end for the demo and assembling the solenoid circuit for demo and establishing the serial communication to send signals to the solenoids. She also fabricated the enclosures for the solenoids. Zeynep and Joshna are also working together to integrate front-end and back-end. Joshna worked on the database, integrating the front-end and back-end, and writing the translation function to translate from American English to braille to prepare for the demo. Some issues we ran into as a team is adjusting our design to now incorporate and arduino and RPi, and we received the incorrect linear rails for the gantry system.