Justin’s Status Report for 10/10

This week I helped out with soldering and testing both the digital and analog hall sensors. We had solid results from both, but we noticed that the analog sensor output values could easily be misread if the spacing of each piece and sensor was inadequately alligned. And the digital sensor was very accurate in detecting the presence of the manget within a 1 inch radius. We also tested the sensors with a piece of aryclic on top. Readings were not affected by any noticeable effect. Additionally, me and my team heavilty discussed and mapped out how the entire system will behave for the design report. This was a good way for everyone to be on the same page about the system design and how implementation will be done. We also recieved the mircoSD card for persistent storage on the Jetson, this was key for finishing setting up the board. I intend on doing basic testing of all the in/output pins and USB ports for which our PCB and speakers will connect from. With our PCB officially using digital sensors, the interface between the PCB and the Jetson will be simipler and less error prone, altough basic verifcation that the Jetson can get the results of the sensor inputs is necessary.