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Mandy’s Status Report for 10/5

This week, I spent most of Sunday rehearsing for the design presentation. I also did more research about the types of display screens that we could use, and decided to switch to an OLED display screen instead of the arduino display shield, because it seems to be more compatible with our project. I also ordered the screens, and started writing out the code for the displays, although I have been unable to test it since the screens have not arrived. In addition, I have started working on the design document by writing out information from our presentation and compiling it into the proper format.

I am currently on schedule for my part of the project. The schedule has me completing this display portion of the project by the end of next week, which I am currently working on. However, since I sent in the request for the screens late, I’m don’t think that they’ll arrive until Thursday of next week, and I am unsure of what kinds of complications will come up once I actually test my code with the screens. If I am unable to finish by the end of the week, I will catch up by working on it during spring break.

In the next week, I hope to have a fully functioning display screen that works with stubbed responses from the jetson.

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Team Status Report for 10/5

This week, we presented our design review on Monday and started working on our design report. 

One risk that we are currently facing is the YOLOv7’s ability to recognize recyclable objects. While we haven’t started training the model yet, we realize that there are many different possible recyclable objects that we have to take into consideration, especially for types of paper. We are mitigating this risk by finding a dataset that covers all of the different types of materials that we need to recognize.

After doing more research into display screens, we realized that the display screens that we wanted to use were very small, and may not be able to fit all of the information. Instead, we plan to use multiple displays instead and piece them together, as we still think that this specific display screen is the most compatible with the rest of our project. This would not incur a lot of new costs, as the screens that we originally wanted to purchase came with multiple screens, and the only extra costs would come from wires to connect the extra screen.

There have been no changes made to the schedule this week. We are on time and wrapping up the research that each of us have been doing. Next week, as soon as we receive all the parts that we ordered, we plan to start building our hardware components and test the CV.

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Mandy’s Status Report for 9/28

This week, I started by preparing for the design presentation. Since we made a lot of changes to our project, we had to add these changes to the presentation. In addition, since I am presenting for  the design presentation, I spent the majority of our time writing out a basic script of things that I need to say, and spent time rehearsing it.

Since we also added a new section to our project, I spent some time researching equipment and materials that we could use, including the type of display. Originally, I thought about using a raspberry pi, since raspberry pis have more compatible display screens. However, I decided on using an Arduino GIGA display shield, as it is a display that is compatible with Arduino, which we were already using to control the door.  In addition, it is a touch screen display, which can allow users to interact with it, making it feel more like a game.

I am slightly behind on my schedule, since we just decided to add an extra part to our project a few days ago. I have been able to do some basic research and brainstorming about it, but in the following week I must finalize the equipment that I need to use, and place orders for it within the first few days of the week.

In the next week, I plan to place orders for the items that I need, draw out specific diagrams for what the display would look like and what it kinds of statics need to be shown. I will also begin the coding for the assignment.

https://store.arduino.cc/collections/displays/products/giga-display-shield

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Mandy’s Status Report for 9/21

This week, I did research on the components that we are looking to purchase for our project. I double checked that the components we are looking into are able to fulfill our requirements and are compatible with each other. I also spent time researching the current state of recycling in America, to determine whether or not we should change the scope of our project. I also started working on the design proposal. I am on time with our schedule, with the design proposal still in progress. By next week, I hope to finish the design proposal, and send in requests for all of the materials that we need for our project.