This week I spent a lot of time preparing for our Design Review Presentation, which I gave on Wednesday. I also met with Jessica in the middle of the week to hash out any of our concerns on the design for the sliding mechanism. We discussed when certain parts of the mechanism would need to be purchased and then assembled as well. I am currently drawing/designing how our box will be mounted on the sliders, and I made a more detailed diagram of our sensor array with specific sensor sizes and spacing. I also met with all my team members and tested our sensors for around 3 hours on Saturday. I helped solder the ends of the inductive sensor wires to pieces of wire so that they would fit in our breadboard. I also helped with the wiring and connecting of our load sensor which my team hopes to have working this upcoming week.
Everything is on track for me except that I haven’t ordered the mechanism parts yet. Jessica and I narrowed down which parts we need to order, and decided that we don’t need to order them quite yet because we are not in a huge hurry to assemble the slider. I do hope to order the mechanism parts though in the next week or so.
In the next week, I plan to complete my designated sections for our Design Review Report and also plan to finalize my drawing of how the box will be mounted on the sliding rails. I also plan to order the rest of our sensors and begin attaching them to the platform with my team.