Last Week
Last week we did not have a status report due, as such we spent most of that time writing our design report. In order to write this report we had to make sure our beamforming algorithms were solidified, and we had to make sure our component selection was finished.
Component Ordering
This week we finalized the last of the components that we needed and placed an order for them, as such we expect to receive them sometime next week enabling us to start combining them to work on our minimum viable product. Unfortunately some challenges came up from when we wrote our design report as we originally thought that we had found a reliable source for the downmixing boards that we planned on using, however, they all ended up being shipped internationally meaning that they would not arrive in time for us to properly test and include it into our design. We luckily were able to find replacement boards domestically, however, they were quite a bit more expensive meaning we will need to be careful with our remaining budget in case we need additional equipment.
Advancements with current Gear
We also made a lot of progress with the equipment we have. We were able to use the SDR’s that we got last week to perform beamforming in the FM radio band, as such we feel confident that when the rest of our components arrive we will be able to adapt it to WiFi in order to meet our MVP. The radio signals received are relatively close to the intermittent frequencies we expect to receive from the downmixing equipment meaning it should not be too difficult to adapt our system.
Upcoming
This upcoming week we will continue to tweak and adapt our beamforming algorithm, and start adapting our system to work with WiFi as the components become available to us and we can test further