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Michelle’s Status Report for 9/28

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).

  • Towards the first few days of the week, I ordered all the components after clearing them with the capstone advisor + TA. 
  • We received the Raspberry Pi Pico W’s on Wednesday and the other components on Thursday. On Friday, I confirmed that I would be able to communicate with Raspberry Pi Pico W by installing “Thonny” and running a simple LED test. Alena and I then distributed our parts (I took the LCD, Alena took the microphone + speaker) and one Raspberry Pi Pico W each for solo-testing purposes.

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

  • We are slightly behind our prototyping schedule, as we held off on ordering parts until after our meeting on Monday. We are about a week behind on prototyping, but because we schedule with 2-3 weeks of leeway, it is enough to catch up.
  • I am also well into designing a third iteration of the outer casing, and each iteration takes less time.

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

  • By next week, I am hoping to have code that communicates with the transparent LCD. I will also be syncing with Alena’s progress to finalize a schematic.
  • If the schematic is completed, I will work on making the PCB with Alena and developing a fully fleshed-out design for the outer casing of the glasses.
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Michelle’s Status Report for 9/21

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 worked on finalizing the parts list for the initial prototype of our device. I looked into the transparent LCD and speaker while Alena looked into a microphone. As a group, we decided to use a Raspberry Pi Pico W as the microcontroller for our smart glasses.
  • Following these decisions, I created a Bill of Materials for the parts required in our prototyping phase.

  • I also began redesigning the external casing for the glasses. The design process is on-hold until Alena and I finish the schematic and PCB design.
  • The team and I also spent Sunday finalizing the presentation for our proposal. During this meeting, we set up our general deadlines for the phases of our project: Research, Prototyping, Development, and Testing. We created a Gantt chart to keep track of these deadlines.

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

  • My personal progress is on schedule, but I would like to get started on the schematic design for the components and order materials listed on our parts list by early next week.

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

  • By next week, I hope to complete the schematic of our glasses with Alena and design a PCB. Assuming we are on schedule, I hope to design a prototype casing around the newly designed PCB.