Month: October 2024

Zhixi’s Status Report for 10/05/2024

Personal Accomplishment

What did you personally accomplish this week on the project? Give files or photos that demonstrate your progress. Prove to the reader that you put sufficient effort into the project over the course of the week (12+ hours).

  • Prepared and practiced for the design review presentation earlier in the week as it was my turn of doing the presentation for the team.
  • Picked up components that arrived this week, performed the wearability unit test together with teammates by weighing the components individually. Verified that the vest is about 1kg which is under our quantitative design requirement of less than 3kg.
  • Set up the starter code for radar data analysis for obstacle detection.
  • Started on design review report due the following week.

Schedule

Is your progress on schedule or behind? If you are behind, what actions will be taken to catch up to the project schedule?

Currently, we are slightly behind schedule due to the recent submission of our orders. The delivery timeline is uncertain, which has caused some delays in setting up hardware. However, with our well-defined design and clear component choices, we are confident that once the items arrive, we will be able to proceed with the setup quickly and efficiently. Furthermore, nothing was planned during the fall break previously, however, I will utilize the time as a mid-semester slack time to catch up on schedule.

Upcoming Deliverables

What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?

In the upcoming week, I plan to focus on setting up the radar with the starter code I set up. I’ll also do unit test on the radar after setting it up to test its capabilities to make sure it meets our requirements. This would include moving our radar at approximately 1 m/s to detect static objects, and holding our radar still to detect moving objects such as people passing by in different directions (towards radar, horizontally in FOV, etc.). Another thing I will complete is finish the design setup of the button hardware circuitry.

Connie’s Status Report for 10/05/2024

Setting up the website template.

Personal Accomplishment

What did you personally accomplish this week on the project? Give files or photos that demonstrate your progress. Prove to the reader that you put sufficient effort into the project over the course of the week (12+ hours).

This week, I focused on two key areas. First, I started working on my assigned sections for the design report, including Introduction, Architecture and/or Principal of Operation, Project Management, Related Work, and Summary. I’ve outlined the structure for each section and am gathering relevant content to finalize the drafts. Second, I made progress on our web application, refining its layout and functionality to ensure it aligns with our project’s goals. I also picked up the vest for our project from delivery, which is crucial for integrating our hardware components. Unfortunately, we have not yet received the accelerometer and GPS components. This delay has slightly impacted our progress on the hardware setup, but we hope to begin working with those components tomorrow.

Schedule

Is your progress on schedule or behind? If you are behind, what actions will be taken to catch up to the project schedule?

At this stage, we are slightly behind schedule due to the delays in receiving the accelerometer and GPS components. However, I’ve ensured that other aspects of the project, such as the report writing and web app, are on track. Once we receive the components, we plan to catch up by quickly integrating them into our system.

Upcoming Deliverables

What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?

Next week, I aim to focus on setting up the accelerometer and GPS as soon as they arrive. This will be critical for moving forward with the project. Additionally, I will continue working on my sections of the design report to ensure that we stay on top of our documentation and design requirements.