Darwin Torres’ Status Report for 4/2

With the PCB and components finally in our hands, I worked with the team in soldering components onto the PCB. Unfortunately, progress has been slowed due to a mixup with decoders, but other than that, we are starting to look good on the hardware aside. In addition to this, I continued working with Matt on the Arduino-Python integration. Our preliminary communications tests have been successful, and we are now focusing on creating a simulated test suite that mimics physical input. Once we have the hardware setup and integrated with the Arduino, we plan on updating this test suite to take in real inputs from the hardware. Other than the one setback we have due to having to order new decoders, I feel that I am on track. Any progress lost due to the decoders will be made up with the slack time we have. Next week, I will continue to help my team in finishing the PCBs and setting up our interim demo. Matt and I will continue our “virtual” testing and bug squashing as we wait for the hardware to be ready.